THIS is why Americans are fat.

[Words Of Wisdom]

Let's add some useful information to this thread.

Did you know that the US isn't #1 or even #5 in Forbes' list of the most overweight countries in the world? 

The US is actually #9 at 74.1%.  Shocking.

Let's look at some other favorites...  Australia is at 67.4%, UK is at 63.8%, and Canada is at 61.1%.

Maybe it's just the English-speaking countries that need to go on a diet. 

The top 49 in the list for your amusement.

Rank	Country	%
1.	Nauru	94.5
2.	Micronesia, Federated States of	91.1
3.	Cook Islands	90.9
4.	Tonga	90.8
5.	Niue	81.7
6.	Samoa	80.4
7.	Palau	78.4
8.	Kuwait	74.2
9.	United States	74.1
10.	Kiribati	73.6
11.	Dominica	71.0
12.	Barbados	69.7
13.	Argentina	69.4
14.	Egypt	69.4
15.	Malta	68.7
16.	Greece	68.5
17.	New Zealand	68.4
18.	United Arab Emirates	68.3
19.	Mexico	68.1
20.	Trinidad and Tobago	67.9
21.	Australia	67.4
22.	Belarus	66.8
23.	Chile	65.3
24.	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	65.2
25.	Seychelles	64.6
26.	Bahrain	64.1
27.	Andorra	63.8
28.	United Kingdom	63.8
29.	Saudi Arabia	63.5
30.	Monaco	62.4
31.	Bolivia	62.2
32.	San Marino	62.1
33.	Guatemala	61.2
34.	Mongolia	61.2
35.	Canada	61.1
36.	Qatar	61.0
37.	Uruguay	60.9
38.	Jordan	60.5
39.	Bahamas	60.4
40.	Iceland	60.4
41.	Nicaragua	60.4
42.	Cuba	60.1
43.	Germany	60.1
44.	Brunei Darussalam	59.8
45.	Slovenia	59.8
46.	Peru	59.6
47.	Vanuatu	59.6
48.	Finland	58.7
49.	Jamaica	57.4