If you are a woman older than age 15 AND from a small Pacific island (eg Cook Islands, Fiji, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Samoa) OR from parts of the Middle East (Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, UAE), THEN you are highly likely to be OBESE... Yep, 1/3 of women in these countries are way too heavy (based on BMI) and Nauru wins the super size me prize - nearly 80% of women are obsese! And, the US is doing well - only 1/5th of adult women are unsightly.
Three important questions:
- Any causal effect? Does hiding your body under a hijab or a sarong make it easier for women to get fat?
- Can this information kill tourism in the Pacific Islands?
- Are Samoa girl scout cookies responsible for the fact that 2/3 of adult women are obsese in Samoa?
Source: WHO, 2006, http://www.who.int/whosis/whostat2006_riskfactors.pdf
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