The Obesity Report: April 2012

Saturday, April 7, 2012

The Fatter the Man, the Better the Sex

Ladies, if you've been putting your hubby on a diet, you may want to rethink that plan.

Fat men are better in bed. Researchers at Erciyes University in Kayseri, Turkey, studied body mass index (BMI) and male sexual performance and discovered that fat men have better staying power than their slimmer counterparts.

Heavier men have sex for 7.3 minutes on average, while thinner men hold on for 108 seconds.

Friday, April 6, 2012

The Fattest Country No More: U.S. No Longer Atop The List

It's not exactly good news, but the United States is no longer the world's fattest nation. It turns out that the rest of the world is gaining on US, putting on more weight at a faster pace.

World's Fattest Nation 2012

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A tiny Pacific island, Nauru was named the fattest nation in the world by the WHO. 95 percent of Nauru's people are obese, which can be attributed to its traditional fattening ceremonies. The country also blames its high obesity numbers on the spread of western fast food, The Independent reported.

Overweight and Obesity

WHO/C.de Bode. Overweight and obesity are defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that presents a risk to health. A crude population measure of obesity is the body mass index (BMI), a person’s weight (in kilograms) divided by the square of his or her height (in metres). A person with a BMI of 30 or more is generally considered obese. A person with a BMI equal to or more than 25 is considered overweight.

Overweight and obesity are major risk factors for a number of chronic diseases, including diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Once considered a problem only in high income countries, overweight and obesity are now dramatically on the rise in low- and middle-income countries, particularly in urban settings.