Kuwait is the 8th fattest country in the world, even ahead of the US! [Link]
1. Nauru
2. Micronesia
3. Cook Islands
4. Tonga
5. Niue
6. Samoa
7. Palau
8. Kuwait
9. United States
10. Kiribati
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i REFUSE to believe this!
NO! WTF? lose weight ppl!
At first i was like NOOO WAYY 74%!! Can’t be! Then i thought about all the fat people imkarsheen min il 3aysh, and now i actually believe this…DAMN! There show be a “the biggest loser” for the world wide world and Kuwait should be the first to join! COmon people…run!!
should have been number 1 lol!
i can’t believe that, yes kuwait have alot of “fat asses” but how they reach the 8′th in the world!??
ironically the answer is the previous post. If you notice most kids in kuwait are obese, not even fat. Junk food galour, and they all got mobiles from when they are 5.
Nauru is a very interesting story to learn about. Went from nothing to rich to fat to corrupt to poor again. hint hint
Nauru’s population is 13000!
Lol what is this? I can only recognize countries #8 and #9!! No offence to the other countries but their names are funny.. #2 reads like mac-n-cheese haha
But come on, in a country where 5 people live and 3 are obese you have a 60% obesety rate. this probably applies to the majority of this list as it obviously measures %ages.
holy shit!
:( I could stand to lose a few kilos
At least we are included in FORBES Ranking :P
They calculate the % of country’s population that are fat, even if the US’s population is like 100 times more than Kuwait’s.
Overweight in Kuwait (Self observation, not making this up) is related to different factors:
1- The majority have cars, vehicles, or even personal drivers.
2- Lack of physical activities, the most popular activity among most kids, teenagers or even adults is video games.
3- When fast food places are in every corner, cheap and are easy to access. Heck, the only time you need to move your ass is when the delivery guy arrives.
4- When junk food or even regular food are plentiful and cheap.
5- Other factors.
This does make sense but still kinda surprised. I wonder how they have done the survey?
The main reason of all. we have nothing to do in kuwait, movies are cut, girls think they worth billions, and we had enough of staying at home.
all we can do is eat to compensate. Plus i believe these numbers are of the people living in the more expensive places. In sabah al salem or f7ay7eel, u wud barely see an overweight kuwaiti.
OMG! Last thing I expected is to have an Arab country in the top ten list
LOL. Fat F*ckers.
:: 8 in what ?
I’m not surprised, there is no encouragement to go to the gym here, and if they don’t eat they smoke a shitload!
damn!..
chk this site out http://six-k.com/
a collegue at wrk started this weight loss club..n t think t idea is brilliant…
Kuwaitis won’t even get their asses of their car to buy a pack of Marlboro’s or labaan, but guys here wants them 2 run!!!
its all a jewish plot.. they gonna make you all fat and then slaughter you.. and then take the oil
World’s Fattest Countries…
Tunisia ranks #86 in the index of the World’s Fattest Countries, which I guess means we’re pretty fit compared to people in a lot of other countries. The top 10 of the world’s fattest countries goes as follows: 1. Nauru 2. Micronesia 3. Cook Islands…
And there I was making fun of my American buddies they hail from the world’s fattest nation. Taking population ratios into account, I guess I can see why Kuwait comes 8th.
With more fastfood shops opening we will be No 1 by next year.. BTW aren’t we the no1 in Diabetes ?
sort-of related is this about Ruby Tuesday’s 2,000 calorie “colossal burger”
http://moocherx.wordpress.com/2007/02/28/x-treme-eating-at-ruby-tuesday/
We’re the best at everything!
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Did they take into account the skinny bangladeshi and indian expats?
mocman i totally agree
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wtff… thiss iss unbelievablleee!!!!!!!!!!
KUWAITI FATASSESS WE WANT THIS RANK DOWNN!!!!!!!!
this is nothing to be proud off!!!
i no inna kel kuwaiti rich and all bass stiill!!!!
GO TO THE GYM AND SAFE ALL KUWAITI THE HUMILIATION !!!!!!
like SERIOUSLY unbelievablee!!!!!!!