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We're The Fattest Nation Of Them All

Posted on Wednesday, October 24 at 10:09 by N Say
However, it's not a global survey, as a few countries with known weight problems, in particular the U.S., were not included.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention list an obesity rate of 32.9 per cent of American adults in 2003-04.

But the results published by the American Heart Association's medical journal, Circulation, still represent bad news for Canadian hearts.

Montreal cardiologist Jean-Pierre Despres said although 36 per cent of Canadians in the survey were obese, this doesn't represent the overall adult population. Health Canada says the national obesity rate is about 23 per cent.

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http://www.canada.com/theprovince/story.html?id=e9aa812a-be66-4fc2-9e54-08a9cc366e69 [Proofreader’s note: this article was edited for spelling and typos on October 25, 2007]

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  1. by avatar Jacob
    Wed Oct 24, 2007 5:46 pm
    The title is misleading in that the most obese countries like the US were excluded. We are the most obese of the 63 63 lean nations. Useless research.

  2. by Roy_Whyte
    Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:20 pm
    It's ConWest Global - can we expect any better?

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    If there was ever a time for Canadians to become pushy - now is the time - for time is running out on this nation called Canada.

  3. by rearguard
    Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:45 am
    Nice to see someone picked up on that omission, first thing I thought of but I did not have time to check the list of countries. I figure the US is the fattest nation on earth, and Canada is relatively lean comparable to most other nations.



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