Mexico Surpasses The U.S. To Become The World's Fattest Nation

[RonPaulFanInGA]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2358439/Mexico-takes-America-fattest-nation-earth.html

•Around 70 percent of Mexican adults are now classified as overweight
•Only 10 per cent overweight in 1989 - before fast food was widely available
•The young and poor are the worst-affected groups

The U.S. has finally lost its dubious honour of having the world's highest number of overweight and obese people.

Fuelled by a worsening diet of fizzy drinks and cheap fast food restaurants, Mexico has now become the fattest nation in the world.

Around 70 per cent of Mexican adults are now overweight and a third of them are obese, causing a range of serious health problems.

 

[torchbearer]

no way!

 

[Origanalist]

Yay! Were # 2!

 

[PaulConventionWV]

I am... shocked!

 

[Dr.3D]

Yumm,

Manteca de cerdo, guaranteed to make you fat.

 

[PaulConventionWV]

This completely changes my view of the world.

Also... Mexico is in North America, not South America, like the article claims.

 

[talkingpointes]

Yumm,

Manteca de cerdo, guaranteed to make you fat.

I know manteca is lard, what is the rest?

 

[Dr.3D]

This completely changes my view of the world.

Also... Mexico is in North America, not South America, like the article claims.

I thought it was in Central America.

 

[Dr.3D]

I know manteca is lard, what is the rest?

Lard of the pig.

 

[oyarde]

I would not get too excited about it , probably only because they are not as tall .....

 

[Keith and stuff]

I thought it was in Central America.

It is North American and Central America (itself a part of North America) and the Americans as a whole. Unfortunately, I'm not in Mexico right now so I couldn't help with this.

 

[PaulConventionWV]

I thought it was in Central America.

Nope, North America.

 

[Working Poor]

GMO corn products no doubt is the reason.

 

[enhanced_deficit]

It is big conspiracy to keep them from climbing over the fence into the USA.

 

[Original_Intent]

It is big conspiracy to keep them from climbing over the fence into the USA.

or all of the Mexicans fit enough to walk are here now?

 

[FindLiberty]

The U.S. has finally lost its dubious honour of having the world's highest number of overweight and obese people.

It's hard to swallow that fat "fact"... Does this (number) really take total population (almost 3:1 US/Mex) into account, or are they talkin' %?

 

[jbauer]

GMO corn products no doubt is the reason.

Here we go again. Man bear pig sighting.

 

[roho76]

GMO corn products no doubt is the reason.

Actually, I believe Mexico has banned GMO corn altogether (I may be wrong but remember seeing an article a while back about it). Don't know about other GMO's but they take their corn seriously down there.

 

[Nobexliberty]

EDIT: Wrong thread.

 

[liveandletlive]

The original Mayan diet was healthy. Whole grain corn, beans, vegetables. Globalism made them all fat with fast food, Cocal Cola and other sugary drinks.