Because everyone and their cats in japan are buying WiiFit!

/damn cats 

well probably because balance board can't handle average american;) so they need to work on it for a while.

i know, let's have another cat thread.

Not a very high opinion of America huh? The truth is Obese people are more common in city environments which is just what people happen to hear about when they hear/read/watch anything about/on America. Truth is in suburbs and rural areas where a good porition of the country lives obeseity is not as a problem. 

Texas and New York are among the biggest offenders. Ironically both also have some of the lowest test grades in the country..

I'd like to see some figures on really obese people (as in % of total population) in different countries. Say over 300 lbs. Where do you think America would rank?

Edit: what's the max weight for Wii Fit?

 Recently I was reading an article that stated previous estimations of like a 40-50% obeseity/overweight population were actually blown far out of proportion and some people believe it may be less than half of that.

I wasn't just making a point, I am really interested in such figures.

Anyway, I'd say Wii Fit would be perfect if you're really obese.

Not sure over 300 pounds... but according to the WHO America is 9th.

Of course they are judging by BMI which many people criticize as being a poor indicator for actual health since it doesn't take into account muscle. A body buidler for example would be considered extremley obese. This can be used to explain why these numbers seem silly high for countires not in the pacific islands.

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

Also, BMI is made for those of medium height. If you are really tall or really short, you get worse numbers. I guess that relates to how a persons increased height is not really "square proportional" to volume, but I haven't done further reading on it.

Wow, those figures are really high.

Some international stats on obesity:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7151813.stm

Apparently Saudi Arabia and the UAE have even more fat people than the USA, while Germany (known in Europe for having many fat people) has only half as many.