The US is famous for many things. And now, being the world's fattest is no longer one of those things.
Though our obesity figures have not yet slimmed down, a new report says that another country is racing us to their own stardom in the history of the overweight.
The new study shows that 32.8 percent of Mexican adults who are over 20 years of age are considered obese (with a BMI of over 30). The U.S. is close behind with a percentage of 31.8.
70 percent of Mexican adults are reportedly overweight, out of those, around half of them are obese.
Dr. Abelardo Avila of Mexico's National Nutrition Institute comments that the "same people who are malnourished are the ones who are becoming obese. In the poor classes we have obese parents and malnourished children. The worst thing is the children are becoming programmed for obesity. It's a very serious epidemic."
"Childhood obesity tripled in a decade and about a third of teenagers are fat as well. Experts say four of every five of those heavy kids will remain so their entire lives," the report says.
The number one cause of death in Mexico was much like that of the USA—diabetes. A sixth of Mexican adults have diabetes.
According to Mexico officials, diabetes is responsible for roughly 70,000 deaths per year.
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