Food Price Forum is moderated by the FAO Regional Office for Asia, in collaboration with the Policy Assistance Support Service Would the body-mass index not be better to compare with? It might not change the sequence, but maybe give a more precise information. Gunther Feiler From: FAO-Food-Price-Forum-Pacific-Islands Sent: 22 June 2012 11:19 To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Micronesia and Tonga are at the top of the league table ... The world's fattest countries: how do you compare? Food Price Forum is moderated by the FAO Regional Office for Asia, in collaboration with the Policy Assistance Support Service Comments anyone? There is an interesting graph that accompanies this article that can be seen at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/9345086/The-worlds-fattest-countries-how-do-you-compare.html Michael ===================================================== The world's fattest countries: how do you compare? The average weight of an adult human is 144 pounds (65 kg) according to a league table of the world's 'fattest' nations from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Find out how you compare to other adults using our interactive graphic. By Conrad Quilty-Harper<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/conrad-quilty-harper/>, graphic by David Kinross and Dan Palmer 8:00AM BST 21 Jun 2012 The pacific island nations of Micronesia and Tonga are at the top of the league table, followed closely by the United States where the average adult weighs 180.62 pounds (81.93 kg). The United Kingdom is the tenth fattest country in the world, where an average adult weighs 167.1 pounds (75.8 kg). The study, published in the journal BMC Public Health and launched on Monday at the United Nations conference Rio+20, highlights the problem of obesity in relation to the environment. Excess consumption shortens people's lives and accelerates the destruction of the environment, and is concentrated in richer countries. While the average body mass globally was 62 kg, North Americans weigh in at 81.9 kg. And while the US makes up only five per cent of the world's population, it accounts for almost a third of the world's weight due to obesity. In comparison, Asia has 61 per cent of the world's people but only 13 per cent of the world's weight. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/9345086/The-worlds-fattest-countries-how-do-you-compare.html ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the RAP-Price-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(RAP-Price-L,SIGNOFF);