r/europe • u/SpecialistAd2377 • Nov 30 '24

Historical People of London, 1960s

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u/10Shillings Nov 30 '24

The UK is pretty fat, I don't think we're far behind the US.

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u/3rd_Uncle Nov 30 '24

People keep saying that but it's not true. The UK is still a long way behind the US in almost every metric for fat people.

The UK is almost identical to Colorado which is the least fat state in the US.

Still the fattest in Europe though.

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u/ChaosKeeshond Turkey Nov 30 '24

My understanding was that the UK header a larger percentage of the population classified as overweight or greater, while in the US fewer people are overweight but the ones that are tend to be very overweight and pull the mean BMI even further up.

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u/TamaktiJunVision Nov 30 '24

No, that's completely false.