Some reports are arguing that Australia is not the fattest country in the world. For instance, a recent U.S. study states that 34% of Americans are obese.

In addition, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) other countries in the world have over 90% of its adults (fifteen years and older) in the overweight category. Some of those nations with percentages of overweight adults over 90% are Nauru, Micronesia, Cook Islands, and Tonga.

Whether Australia is the fattest country in the world, is in fifth place, or twelfth place, it doesn’t really matter that much.

If 30% of an entire country—millions of people, whether they are in the United States, Australia, or Tonga—then the big question, in my opinion, is not “What is the fattest country in the world?” but “How do these overweight people in fat countries change the trend and become a country of normal weight people again?”

We can argue all we want about who owns the dubious title of being the fattest country in the world, but people won’t lose weight by arguing about it. They will only continue to have more and more health problems associated with their weight problems.

Overweight people have their best chance of getting back to a normal weight by:

• Stopping, or at least reducing, the amount of, highly processed foods and fast-foods eaten,
• Stopping, or restricting, the drinking of highly sugared sodas (with no nutritional value),
• Reducing the total amount of calories  eaten each day,
• Eating more nutritious foods,
• Looking at labels before eating foods (and knowing what are good ingredients and what are bad ingredients)
• Reducing the amount of saturated fats and trans fats (bad fats) in foods
• Eating more naturally grown foods (fruits, vegetables, whole grains, etc.)
• Exercising (walk or hike, job or run, swim, bike, mow the grass, pull weeds in the garden, walk the dog, walk up and down stairs unstead of using the elevator, etc.)

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