WOW! I was idly scanning through all the countries looking for Vietnam.Obesity rates:
The US obesity rate is 35%.
The UK's is 26%.
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# Country Income group % obesity 1 American Samoa High income 70.29 2 Nauru High income 69.65 3 Tokelau 67.05 4 Cook Islands 66.05 5 Niue 63.71 6 Tonga Upper-middle income 63.37 7 Tuvalu Upper-middle income 57.73 8 Samoa Lower-middle income 52.83 9 French Polynesia High income 47.02 10 United States High income 41.64 11 Qatar High income 40.79 12 Bahamas High income 39.78 13 Palau High income 39.10 14 Federated States of Micronesia Lower-middle income 39.02 15 Kuwait High income 38.88 16 Romania High income 38.34 17 Saudi Arabia High income 38.13 18 Marshall Islands Upper-middle income 38.09 19 Saint Kitts and Nevis High income 37.59 20 Puerto Rico High income 36.46 21 Hungary High income 36.43 22 Kiribati Lower-middle income 36.08 23 Malta High income 36.02 24 Argentina Upper-middle income 35.53 25 Croatia High income 34.80 26 Georgia Upper-middle income 34.34 27 Jordan Lower-middle income 34.20 28 Chile High income 34.10 29 Belize Upper-middle income 33.62 30 Iraq Upper-middle income 33.35 31 New Zealand High income 32.99 32 Bahrain High income 32.91 33 Egypt Lower-middle income 32.48 34 Mexico Upper-middle income 32.22 35 Poland High income 32.19 36 Australia High income 32.05 37 Uruguay High income 31.64 38 Slovakia High income 31.42 39 Paraguay Upper-middle income 30.76 40 Czechia High income 30.72 41 Ireland High income 30.70 42 Brunei Darussalam High income 30.22 43 Greece High income 30.06 44 Panama High income 29.88 45 Palestine Lower-middle income 29.77 46 Lebanon Lower-middle income 29.53 47 North Macedonia Upper-middle income 29.11 48 United Arab Emirates High income 29.02 49 Nicaragua Lower-middle income 28.68 50 Canada High income 28.16 51 Libya Upper-middle income 28.08 52 Uzbekistan Lower-middle income 27.88 53 Lithuania High income 27.87 54 Barbados High income 27.78 55 United Kingdom High income 26.94 56 Oman High income 26.79 57 Syrian Arab Republic Low income 26.71 58 Fiji Upper-middle income 26.62 59 Serbia Upper-middle income 26.44 60 Turkey Upper-middle income 26.22 61 Cyprus High income 26.18 62 Latvia High income 25.72 63 Slovenia High income 25.66 64 Costa Rica Upper-middle income 25.55 65 Brazil Upper-middle income 25.05 66 Kyrgyzstan Lower-middle income 24.96 67 Bermuda High income 24.47 68 Antigua and Barbuda High income 24.40 69 Greenland High income 24.37 70 Russian Federation High income 24.34 71 Bulgaria High income 24.08 72 Dominican Republic Upper-middle income 24.02 73 Israel High income 23.81 74 Iceland High income 23.64 75 Peru Upper-middle income 23.62 76 Honduras Lower-middle income 23.59 77 El Salvador Upper-middle income 23.44 78 Bolivia Lower-middle income 23.41 79 Estonia High income 23.37 80 Germany High income 23.08 81 Ecuador Upper-middle income 23.06 82 Trinidad and Tobago High income 22.99 83 Guatemala Upper-middle income 22.62 84 Mongolia Upper-middle income 22.46 85 Bosnia and Herzegovina Upper-middle income 22.41 86 Albania Upper-middle income 22.27 87 Moldova Upper-middle income 22.01 88 Portugal High income 21.97 89 Finland High income 21.88 90 Montenegro Upper-middle income 21.35 91 Andorra High income 21.06 92 Luxembourg High income 20.99 93 Norway High income 20.93 94 Saint Lucia Upper-middle income 20.87 95 Venezuela 20.82 96 Ukraine Upper-middle income 20.77 97 Seychelles High income 20.58 98 Tajikistan Lower-middle income 20.57 99 Pakistan Lower-middle income 20.49 100 Azerbaijan Upper-middle income 20.39 101 Belarus Upper-middle income 20.13 102 Tunisia Lower-middle income 19.92 103 Armenia Upper-middle income 19.81 104 Belgium High income 19.79 105 Suriname Upper-middle income 19.67 106 Turkmenistan Upper-middle income 19.60 107 Spain High income 19.39 108 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Upper-middle income 19.23 109 Jamaica Upper-middle income 19.21 110 Cuba Upper-middle income 19.19 111 Kazakhstan Upper-middle income 19.07 112 Grenada Upper-middle income 19.06 113 Austria High income 18.81 114 Colombia Upper-middle income 18.58 115 Dominica Upper-middle income 18.38 116 Iran Upper-middle income 18.26 117 Solomon Islands Lower-middle income 18.13 118 Guyana High income 18.10 119 Italy High income 17.97 120 Malaysia Upper-middle income 17.70 121 Sweden High income 17.18 122 Vanuatu Lower-middle income 17.04 123 Papua New Guinea Lower-middle income 16.61 124 Singapore High income 16.09 125 Algeria Upper-middle income 16.03 126 Denmark High income 15.70 127 Eswatini Lower-middle income 15.62 128 Switzerland High income 15.07 129 Netherlands High income 15.05 130 Afghanistan Low income 14.88 131 South Africa Upper-middle income 14.50 132 Morocco Lower-middle income 13.79 133 Maldives Upper-middle income 13.23 134 Mauritius Upper-middle income 13.07 135 Liberia Low income 13.05 136 Taiwan High income 12.44 137 Thailand Upper-middle income 12.10 138 Sudan Low income 11.74 139 Gabon Upper-middle income 11.41 140 Namibia Upper-middle income 10.65 141 Yemen Low income 10.49 142 Mali Low income 10.24 143 France High income 10.18 144 Sao Tome and Principe Lower-middle income 10.06 145 Gambia Low income 9.77 146 Cameroon Lower-middle income 9.69 147 Bhutan Lower-middle income 9.61 148 Mauritania Lower-middle income 9.25 149 China Upper-middle income 8.94 150 Lesotho Lower-middle income 8.82 151 South Korea High income 8.82 152 Cabo Verde Lower-middle income 8.79 153 Botswana Upper-middle income 8.76 154 North Korea Low income 8.65 155 Nigeria Lower-middle income 8.52 156 Comoros Lower-middle income 8.31 157 Equatorial Guinea Upper-middle income 8.08 158 Cote d'Ivoire Lower-middle income 7.95 159 Guinea-Bissau Low income 7.86 160 Chad Low income 7.71 161 Japan High income 7.63 162 Benin Lower-middle income 7.41 163 Philippines Lower-middle income 7.34 164 Sri Lanka Lower-middle income 6.76 165 Haiti Lower-middle income 6.73 166 Tanzania Lower-middle income 6.73 167 Angola Lower-middle income 6.53 168 Indonesia Upper-middle income 6.53 169 Mozambique Low income 6.50 170 Burundi Low income 6.36 171 Djibouti Lower-middle income 6.35 172 Central African Republic Low income 6.33 173 Kenya Lower-middle income 6.32 174 Guinea Lower-middle income 6.16 175 Somalia Low income 6.07 176 Laos Lower-middle income 6.06 177 Togo Low income 5.88 178 Zimbabwe Lower-middle income 5.73 179 Myanmar Lower-middle income 5.67 180 India Lower-middle income 5.38 181 Ghana Lower-middle income 5.37 182 Zambia Lower-middle income 5.34 183 South Sudan Low income 5.32 184 Nepal Lower-middle income 4.97 185 Madagascar Low income 4.63 186 Niger Low income 4.51 187 Congo Lower-middle income 4.38 188 Democratic Republic of Congo Low income 4.38 189 Uganda Low income 4.25 190 Burkina Faso Low income 4.17 191 Senegal Lower-middle income 4.06 192 Malawi Low income 3.21 193 Cambodia Lower-middle income 3.12 194 Bangladesh Lower-middle income 2.97 195 Eritrea Low income 2.93 196 Sierra Leone Low income 2.79 197 Vietnam Lower-middle income 1.97 198 Rwanda Low income 1.84 199 Timor-Leste Lower-middle income 1.58 200 Ethiopia Low income 1.10
It is 197th out of 200. I never saw one fat Vietnamese. They are tiny and universally thin. I was cut, and I still weighed as much as three of them.
