In article >,
Michel Boucher > wrote:

> Omelet > wrote in
> news >
> > You don't see a lot of fat Indians.
>
> You don't?
>
> "The World Health Organization (WHO) officially classified that 1.2
> billion people around the world are overweight and in India itself
> more than 25 per cent of the Indian population is overweight with
> statistics continuing to rise due to the changing lifestyle."
>
> also
>
> http://www.drsharma.ca/obesity-epidemic-hits-india.html
>
> also
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2g5syow
>
> (http://www.ispub.com/journal/the_int..._health/volume
> _9_number_1_12/article_printable/dietary-and-socio-economic-
> factors-associated-with-obesity-in-north-indian-population.html)
>
> So...where did THAT come from?

There are a lot more fat Americans. ;-)
The new hospital system I work for has a LOT more Indians than the one I
used to work for. Not a single one (that I have met) is fat.

<http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_obe-health-obesity>

Interesting that India did not even make it on to this chart.

I guess it depends on the website?
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