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Eating Disorders Support

Hugh_Lebowski

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4. Basically every country above the US is a small (mostly Pacific) island nation

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Fri Dec 30, 2022, 01:26 PM

Dec 2022

And Pacific Islanders I think have a statistically higher % of people with endomorphic body types than most other races so that's probably why they populate the top of the list.

Interesting though that the only country in the top 20 that is a large, predominately-Caucasian country ... is the USA.

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What country with the largest population has the ...'MOST OBESE POPULATION? [View all] Stuart G Dec 2022 OP

Yay metaboic syndrome! Yay donuts and sugar and soda! bucolic_frolic Dec 2022 #1

Sugar free butter! Fat free sugar! See! We eat healthy. GreenWave Dec 2022 #2

What about the levels of ..............'SALT"? Do you have a clue? Stuart G Dec 2022 #3

Personally, I don't think salt is much of a problem NJCher Dec 2022 #5

Basically every country above the US is a small (mostly Pacific) island nation Hugh_Lebowski Dec 2022 #4

I look at these old documentaries from the 60's and before and people weren't as obese like today kimbutgar Dec 2022 #6

I just finished some processed foods, "potato chips." ....with lots of added ..."SALT" Stuart G Dec 2022 #7

I love chips but get the Trader Joe's ones with olive oil and sea salt! kimbutgar Dec 2022 #11

Another tale of corporate greed. There is big money in processed, sugary, fatty, salty foods Midnight Writer Dec 2022 #8

Salt & sugar are addictive...Is that correct. More you eat, more you want... Stuart G Dec 2022 #9

Percentage in U.S. increases with age. "Nearly half of U.S. adults have high blood pressure, CDC say Stuart G Dec 2022 #10

Perhaps the single most preventable problem in U.S.A. (if people desire to prevent this) Stuart G Apr 2023 #12