barney2@cix.compulink.co.uk wrote:
> In article , me@privacy.net (B
> Vaughan) wrote:
>
> > *From:* B Vaughan
> > *Date:* Mon, 04 Dec 2006 10:21:50 +0100
> >
> > On Mon, 04 Dec 2006 00:38:35 +0100, Dave Frightens Me
> > wrote:
> >
> > >On Sun, 03 Dec 2006 20:00:56 +0100, B Vaughan wrote:
> > >
> > >>On Sat, 02 Dec 2006 23:57:27 GMT, "Lennart Petersen"
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>>On the other hand I've seen reports that at least grown up Italians
> > have the >>>lowest rate for obesity in Europe. >>
> > >>I don't believe that.
> > >
> > >There must be some serious lardys where you are. Around here it's
> > >unusual to see someone obese.
> >
> > It's true that the US has a serious obesity problem, but you don't see
> > all that much of it in the urban northeast, where I lived. The average
> > woman my age in Princeton was definitely thinner than the average
> > woman my age in Corinaldo.
>
> What struck me last time I was in the U.S. and chanced to think about this
> was that the percentage of overweight people didn't seem much more than in
> the UK - but those who were overweight were often hugely obese, a
> comparatively rare sight here.
It depends on where in the US you are. In New York City or Los
Angeles, the obesity rates are very low. In a lot of the middle
America, the percentage overweight is very high, and a lot of them are
not just slightly overweight, but huge.
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