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According to the debate, they had their reasons. But still -- when one hundred and eighty six nations say one thing, and two say another, you have to wonder about the two.

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[โ€“] Fades@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

joke, got it, but actually ๐Ÿค“โ˜๏ธ....

the US is #10 among countries ranked by obesity rate: https://data.worldobesity.org/rankings/

1 American Samoa 70.29%

2 Nauru 69.65%

3 Tokelau 67.05%

4 Cook Islands 66.05%

5 Niue 63.71%

6 Tonga 63.37%

7 Tuvalu 57.73%

8 Samoa 52.83%

9 French Polynesia 47.02%

10 United States 41.64%

alt source with slightly different rankings, where US is #14: https://www.worldatlas.com/society/the-most-obese-countries-in-the-world.html

[โ€“] Dasus@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

American Samoa isn't a country. It's a US territory.

A lot of those others aren't countries either. Tokelau "belongs" to New Zealand. Niue and Cook islands are legally shaky as well.

The population for all combined above the US, compared to the entire US population is ridiculously low, and I feel like this is to distract from how massive the obesity issue is in the US. When excluding what are basically territories and at most micronations, the US has the most severe obesity issue.

[โ€“] merc@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

Ok, now take out every country with a population smaller than 10.