New Obesity Figures For Australia
The Forbes organisation has released its list of the fattest countries, based on body mass index, and nominated Australia as 21st, with almost 70 per cent of the population considered overweight.
The list is based on recent estimates from the World Health Organisation which defines overweight as a body mass index greater than or equal to 25 and obese greater than or equal to 30.
Eight of the top 10 countries on the list were from the South Pacific, with Nauru in first position with 94 per cent of its adult population overweight. The US was ninth with 74 per cent overweight and Britain was 28th with almost 64 per cent of its population overweight.
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