Ron Hunter wrote:

> Quite true. ON my visit to Europe, I saw quite as many
> obese, often grossly obese, people as I see here in the US.

Judging by your blatant lies, I'd say you are a Republican.

For anyone else, here's some SCIENTIFIC facts, from a
reputable US source:

"The study authors discovered this country had the highest rates of obese
(24 percent) and very obese (13 percent) people and the lowest rates of
normal (22 percent) people. Asia had the highest rate of normal-weight
individuals (58 percent), Western Europe came next (31 percent), followed
by Eastern Europe (29 percent), Latin America (28 percent), Australia/New
Zealand (26 percent), and Canada (23 percent). Australia/New Zealand and
Canada tied for second place in the "very obese" category (7 percent each),
followed by Latin America (6 percent), Eastern and Western Europe (4
percent each), and Asia (1 percent)."

http://www.healthfinder.gov/news/new...p?docID=512510

Bottom line: there are OVER THREE TIMES more "severely obese"
people in the US (13%) than in Europe (4%.)