Australia: Fat Nation
By Catherine Clifford
Friday, 20/06/2008
Australia has achieved the inglorious title of No.1 Fat Nation in the world, overtaking the Americans in the obesity explosion.
The new report, Australia's Future 'Fat Bomb', has been compiled by Melbourne's Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute and will be presented at the Federal Government's inquiry into obesity.
The latest figures show four million Australians, or 26 per cent of our adult population, are now obese compared to an estimated 25 per cent of Americans.