"European Obesity Rates Surpassing American Levels
People are porking out all over.
The proportion of overweight or obese men is higher in some European countries than it is in the United States, experts said yesterday in an analysis of Europeans' expanding girth.
The International Obesity Task Force estimated that Finland, Germany, Greece, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Malta have exceeded the United States figure of 67% for overweight or obese males."
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http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/002677.html
I don't believe this is an American thing, it's happening all over the world.