LONDON \u2014 The "fat American" used to be the joke in Europe. The "fat Brit" could soon be getting laughs, too.<\/div>\n
A nation that once was slim \u2014 despite a fondness for beer, fried fish and chips, and bangers and mash (sausage and mashed potatoes) \u2014 is swelling at the waistline, having adopted American fast-food tastes and eating habits, health professionals and researchers say.<\/p>\n
Americans are still the heavyweight champs of the Western world, leading all but a few South Pacific island nations, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in obesity rates, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). <\/p>\n
"We’ve been doing our best to catch up," said Neville Rigby, policy director of the International Obesity Task Force, a London think tank. "(Americans) just got a head start."<\/p>\n
Twenty-three percent of British adults are considered obese by Britain’s Department of Health. By comparison, a third of the USA’s adult population is obese, or at least 30 pounds over a "healthy weight," according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Here’s an interesting article on obesity in the U.S. and how are eating habits are impacting the British – Bulging Brits losing battle with bangers – USATODAY.com LONDON \u2014 The "fat American" used to be the joke in Europe. The "fat Brit" could soon be getting laughs, too. A nation that once was slim \u2014 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-lymphoma-and-related-medical-stuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4062"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9381,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4062\/revisions\/9381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}