I agree with those of you who say that the numbers aren't going to be exact. Where do we draw the line and start calling people overweight? The numbers that I posted are just a general idea. Obviously they're not going to be perfect, but they're good enough for you to get a decent enough guess. 

Comes into thread ready to talk ish back.... looks at avatar.... looks at self... walks away in shame. :(

I think it's something like 60% are overweight, and at least 20% are obese?  I forget.  But it's something like that.  So maybe 1/5 people are morbidly obese monsters, 2/5 are just really fat/overweight/unhealthy, and the other 2/5 are either healthy or anorexics trying to get famous as models or actors.

But... at the same time... I don't see fatties everywhere I go.  I think most of them are stuck to their couches.  I live in San Francisco, where everybody's a vegan gay Chinese homeless bodybuilder hippie.

Depends what country your from really.

http://www.forbes.com/2007/02/07/worlds-fattest-countries-forbeslife-cx_ls_0208worldfat_2.html

Well keep in mind to this is based on BMI too.

Which means regular looking tall and short people are considered fat... and I want to say the US is a pretty tall country.

nah , you guys should check here , fat is tradition.

I live in Malden, MA, and I dont have numbers with me, but I see a lot of obese and overweight people here. I will dare to say that more than haft of the population is overweight. It's the true

Disgustingly true.  Genetics may play a role but I think inactivity plays a bigger role.  I just can't comprehend how people can look in the mirror, see themselves swelling up like a walrus, and not do anything about it.  But yeah.  Half the people I see are way too fat.  In Georgia (where I live) it's like people just don't give a damn, anymore.  Women, especially.  We have these big fat women that have big gobs of fat behind their knees, rolls on the side of their stomachs, huge flabby biceps, and a pillow growing under their necks.   And they have the goddam audacity to walk around in sexy fat girl clothes. 

We allow double people to get "handy cap" parking passes and park right outside the door at McDONALDS! (some have medical conditions that make this a necessity and I am ok with those people having them)

We should really have extra large doublewide parking spots at the exact opposite end of the parkinglot.  Some people just need to walk.

Of course we are fat :)

No thats not true. 

European men outstrip Americans

America may lead the world in many areas - but it is falling behind in terms of physical stature.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3625031.stm

Statistically, the tallest people in the world, as measured by country are the Dutch. The average height for all adults for the Netherlands is 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m). This great leap in height is a huge change for Holland, where about 100 years ago, 25% of men who attempted to join the army were rejected as being too short, less than 62 inches (1.57 m) tall.

Standing next to the Dutch, almost shoulder to shoulder, are the Danes. Average height in Denmark is 6 feet (1.83 m). Americans, who once were the tallest people, have fallen in stature and are on average about 5 feet, 10 inches (1.78 m).

http://www.wisegeek.com/which-country-has-the-tallest-people.htm