Pakistan: 3rd Fattest South Asian Nation

[Intoxication]

There are currently 1.6 billion overweight adults in the world, according to the World Health Organization. That number is projected to grow by 40% over the next 10 years. The following list reflects the percentage of overweight adults aged 15 and over. These are individuals who have individual body mass indexes, which measures weight relative to height, greater than or equal to 25. Obese is defined as having a BMI greater than or equal to 30.

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
50. Israel 57.3
51. Saint Lucia 57.3
52. Austria 57.1
53. Azerbaijan 57.1
54. Turkey 56.8
55. Tuvalu 56.6
56. Dominican Republic 56.5
57. Slovakia 56.3
58. Cyprus 56.2
59. Saint Kitts and Nevis 56.1
60. Costa Rica 55.8
61. Colombia 55.6
62. Antigua and Barbuda 55.5
63. Switzerland 55.4
64. Montenegro 54.9
65. Serbia 54.9
66. Serbia and Montenegro (The former state union of) 54.9
67. Albania 54.8
68. Fiji 54.8
69. Bulgaria 54.2
70. Luxembourg 54.2
71. Croatia 53.9
72. Bosnia and Herzegovina 53.8
73. Portugal 53.8
74. Armenia 53.3
75. Grenada 53.3
76. South Africa 53.3
77. Iran (Islamic Republic of) 53.2
78. Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 53.2
79. Lithuania 53.1
80. Lebanon 53.0
81. Czech Republic 52.9
82. Syrian Arab Republic 52.8
83. Spain 51.8
84. Hungary 51.6
85. Panama 51.4
86. Tunisia 51.0
87. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 50.6
88. Brazil 50.5
89. Belize 49.8
90. Sweden 49.7
91. Norway 49.1
92. Russian Federation 49.1
93. El Salvador 48.7
94. Lesotho 48.5
95. Suriname 47.8
96. Paraguay 47.7
97. Guyana 47.5
98. Poland 47.5
99. Latvia 47.3
100. The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 47.2
101. Ecuador 47.1
102. Turkmenistan 46.8
103. Ireland 46.6
104. Belgium 46.3
105. Marshall Islands 46.2
106. Netherlands 46.0
107. Uzbekistan 46.0
108. Denmark 45.8
109. Mauritius 45.6
110. Oman 45.6
111. Italy 45.5
112. Iraq 45.4
113. Georgia 44.8
114. Ukraine 44.8
115. Solomon Islands 44.0
116. Botswana 43.6
117. Honduras 43.5
118. Equatorial Guinea 43.0
119. Morocco 42.9
120. Dem. Republic of Timor-Leste 42.7
121. Mauritania 42.5
122. Estonia 42.2
123. Republic of Korea 42.0
124. Swaziland 41.8
125. Kazakhstan 41.4
126. Republic of Moldova 41.1
127. Bhutan 40.9
128. France 40.1
129. Cameroon 39.9
130. Maldives 39.9
131. Algeria 39.8
132. Dem. People's Republic of Korea 39.4
133. Kyrgyzstan 39.2
134. Romania 39.1
135. Lao People's Democratic Republic 38.9
136. Cape Verde 38.2
137. Tajikistan 37.3
138. Gabon 36.5
139. Myanmar 36.3
140. Liberia 35.6
141. Sierra Leone 33.4
142. Haiti 32.8
143. Zimbabwe 32.1
144. Thailand 31.6
145. Papua New Guinea 30.2
146. Malaysia 29.9
147. Ghana 29.2
148. China 28.9
149. Benin 28.5
150. Comoros 28.0
151. Angola 27.5
152. Nigeria 27.1
153. Yemen 27.0
154. Senegal 26.4
155. Philippines 25.2
156. Djibouti 24.9
157. Mali 24.1
158. Togo 24.0
159. Guinea 23.5
160. Sudan 23.1
161. Cote d'Ivoire 22.9
162. Singapore 22.9
163. Japan 22.6
164. Namibia 22.5
165. Pakistan 22.2
166. Sao Tome and Principe 21.4
167. United Republic of Tanzania 21.2
168. Malawi 19.3
169. Congo 18.9
170. Niger 17.6
171. Madagascar 17.4
172. Mozambique 17.3
173. Guinea-Bissau 16.7
174. Gambia 16.6
175. Indonesia 16.2
176. India 16.0
177. Somalia 15.8
178. Chad 15.6
179. Afghanistan 15.1
180. Uganda 14.8
181. Kenya 14.3
182. Burkina Faso 14.1
183. Rwanda 13.7
184. Zambia 13.0
185. Burundi 12.9
186. Central African Republic 12.9
187. Cambodia 11.3
188. Dem. Republic of the Congo 9.1
189. Nepal 8.4
190. Sri Lanka 7.4
191. Viet Nam 6.4
192. Bangladesh 6.1
193. Ethiopia 5.6
194. Eritrea 4.4

[zees]

south Asia

1-bhutan
2-maldives
3-pakistan

[siamu maharaj]

I make the other 77.8 percent.

[transistorized]

No one in Pakistan (excluding sections of gen-X) has any sense of physical fitness. Pakistan is full of fat-ass uncles and aunties. Only reason why Pakistan is so low on this list is that most people can not afford to eat as much as they want. I am sure if SAsian countries were any richer, they would be among the fattest nations in the world.

[hornnieguy]

Keep to your traditional diets and AVOID americanized fast food.

This is key in keeping your girlie figures.

[Red aRRow]

WTF yeh cheez kahan say ayee hai.

[FK]

I thought the title said "Pakistan: 3rd Fastest South Asian Nation"

[Sufi Pistol]

hahaha I also ^

[Intoxication]

If you exclude the tiny nations of Bhutan, Nepal and Maldives than Pakistan becomes the Fattest nation in South Asia.

[cactusmaac]

Originally Posted by hornnieguy

Keep to your traditional diets and AVOID americanized fast food.

This is key in keeping your girlie figures.

Traditional diets seem to include ungodly amounts of desi ghee. Fast food is fine as long as you don't overdo it and exercise.

[DesiSoul]

Originally Posted by TraPPed

If you exclude the tiny nations of Bhutan, Nepal and Maldives than Pakistan becomes the Fattest nation in South Asia.

Perhaps we are looking too much into percentages. Pakistan is 22% of 160 Million people while India is 16% of close to a billion people. Considering that percentage against the economic condition of Pakistan and our poor eating habits I dont really see too big of a problem in Pakistan YET.

[UnitedPakistan]

Pakistan now has 170 million people...please update your figures everyone...

Some of you people still are using the 145 and 150 million figures...

[Sufi Pistol]

Well..We are also going to be entitled as FAST FOOD NATION.....In every city...in every of its suburbs....we may easily find... BURGER CORNERS, POINTS, SHOPS...etc....Zinger Burger has become quite common after KFC and when Bovichic introduced its Copy.....

[UnitedPakistan]

Originally Posted by IslamicRenaissance

Well..We are also going to be entitled as FAST FOOD NATION.....In every city...in every of its suburbs....we may easily find... BURGER CORNERS, POINTS, SHOPS...etc....Zinger Burger has become quite common after KFC and when Bovichic introduced its Copy.....

I love LFC and KFC and their Zinger Burger!

SOMEONE AIRMAIL ME ONE ASAP!

[Sikandar]

It seems some Pakistani shows are taking health seriously and making the public aware of healthy eating.. Breakfast with Nadia Khan for example. I was shocked when I heard the Pakistan government was actually taking steps to ban tobacco advertising, so I'm sure those same elements must be aware of the terrible eating habits.

Stop shoving Pepsi advertisements in every kid's face from the day they're born, first of all. My friend saw my brother's album of pictures from Pakistan (from a recent visit) and asked "is your country sponsored by Pepsi?" Also, you can't have people thinking KFC/McDonalds are high class places to eat, or Pepsi is what cool people drink. We're the fourth biggest producer of milk in the world for God's sake!

[Sikandar]

DesiSoul is right though.. 22.2% is not TOO bad.. that's almost 38,000,000 (based on a population of 170,000,000).. while India for example would have 192,000,000 obese people based on a population of 1.2 billion. Also, almost all of the countries beneath us are African.. so that far down the list, having higher obesity may actually be a sign that at least your population is eating AT ALL.. in retrospect I'm actually quite happy with that ranking.

[Pakia]

Overweight children would make overweight or even obese adults.
As a nation, we must realize that after a certain age of childhood, kids shouldn't be fed ice creams, cookies and other junk food exclusively but introduce them to healthier options of fruit & veggies as early as possible.

Its very sad when you see educated people over feeding their kids and hardly encouraging them to get into physical activities but providing them a steady stream of videos, tv and ofcourse computer games.

[siamu maharaj]

Personally, I'd rather eat tasty food and die ten years younger, but happily, rather than be fit and eat shitty "healthy" food. But that's just me.

[Pakia]

Some of the world's healthiest communities incl. people of Hunza, Pakistan, Japanese in general, most vegetarians don't eat shitty food.

But yes they also don't suffer from all kind of ailments that most urban Pakistanis seem to from diabetes, HBP, joint aches & pains and ofcourse heart diseases.

Go ahead have a juicy burger, you can afford a good bypass!!

[drmadham]

Originally Posted by hornnieguy

Keep to your traditional diets and AVOID americanized fast food.

This is key in keeping your girlie figures.

what a load of bull. fastfood will kill you, but so will desi food. The amount of ghee, oil, calories is really terrible for daily consumption.

Another problem is lifestyle. Take Karachi for instance, most people dont exercise, eat late, wake up late, etc etc....no wonder so many people have pot bellies and heart issues.