Australians are Now Fatter than Americans

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Just when Australia could not get any worse!

It does!

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/were-fatter-than-america/story-e6frg8y6-1111116685742

We're fatter than America

* From: The Australian
* June 20, 2008 12:00AM

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AUSTRALIA'S obesity epidemic has been drastically underestimated, according to the latest comprehensive study showing nine million adults are fatter than they should be.

The report says Australia is the world's most overweight nation, ahead of the notoriously supersized Americans.

Experts are now calling for measures such as gym discounting and denial of surgery based on body mass index to rectify the situation. "Overweight and obese people now make up the vast majority of us," said report author Simon Stewart, head of preventive cardiology at the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute.

 

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And the poor loser cant accept Australians are fatter than Americans

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

 

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OH My!

http://community.livejournal.com/fatshionista/2961661.html

Aussies are fatter than Americans
Mercury News ^ | 21nov04 | Sharri Markson

Posted on Tuesday, November 23, 2004 6:23:33 PM by swilhelm73

THE average Australian woman is a size 16 and weighs 8kg heavier than her American counterpart, according to authoritive new international research.

Australian men are also 3kg heavier than American males, the joint study by the University of Adelaide and US researchers shows.

The findings were recently presented at the American Standards and Testing Materials Conference and obtained exclusively by The Sunday Telegraph.

They contradict the widely held view that the United States is the world's most overweight country and they have led the Australian Medical Association to warn: "We are eating ourselves to death."

Women are now two dress sizes larger than they were in the 1960s, the National Size and Shape survey of 60 body dimensions of 1400 Australians, showed.

AMA vice president Dr Bill Glasson said the report highlighted the growing obesity problem.

"The average Australian thinks that Americans are bigger but our country faces a huge problem," Dr Glasson said.

"We are not getting enough exercise.

"People don't have to be skinny but obesity and the cost of subsequent diseases to our health system is huge."

Australian women are 5cm bigger around the bust, 8cm larger around the waist and 4cm wider on the hips than American women.

Australian men are 3kg heavier than their American counterparts, with a chest circumference that is 6cm larger and a waist circumference 2cm wider.

Fashion analyst Daisy Veitch said the findings reveal a flaw in the clothing industry.

About 50 per cent of Australian women do not fit into the clothes sold in mainstream stores.

"Women in Australia have difficulty finding clothes that fit properly," she said.

"The new Australian figure is pear-shaped and less slimlined than it was 20 to 80 years ago.

"Manufacturers are basing their clothes on old standards, not on today's women's curvy shape."

Lucy Dunwell from Frenchs Forest is a size 16: the shape of the new average Australian female.

But the 19-year-old model for the Biggals agency said she had trouble buying clothes that fit her figure.

"Often there are not many clothes in my size; most stop at size 14," Dunwell said.

"Shopping can get frustrating, especially when there are dresses I like that only come in smaller sizes."

The Australian survey was conducted over a six-month period in 2002.

The anatomical science team at the University of Adelaide then spent two years analysing and collating the body dimension data.

The same method of measuring body dimensions was used in the American study of 4000 people.

The results will be published in the international scientific journal, Journal of Human Ecology.

University of Adelaide head of anatomical science, Professor Maciej Henneberg said the survey results showed Australia was a nation of "healthy, cheerful, size 16 women".

"Australian women are heavier than American women by a few kilos, but it's not a major concern," Prof Henneberg said.

"I think the reason is there is a socio-economic difference. On average Australians are more affluent than Americans.

"The survey showed one third of women are obese and there is concern over this. However, size 16 women are happy and healthy."