Top Ten Countries With Obese People

The Top Ten
1 United States of America The United States of America, or the U.S.A. for short, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, 48 of them are contiguous states. There are two other states, Alaska and Hawaii, which are north and south of the contiguous states, respectively. The United States declared its independence from the British Empire in 1776 with the Declaration of Independence. They won their independence in 1783 with the Treaty of Paris. Its capital, Washington D.C. (District of Columbia) is defined by imposing neoclassical monuments and buildings including the iconic ones that house the federal government's 3 branches: the Capitol, White House and Supreme Court. Though it has no official language, English and ...read more.

I was surprised to not find this at #1, no way in hell should they be this low. In what universe are we less obese than certain African countries?

I hate the people who think all Americans are fat and obese! Not every American is fat and obese!

Even though I'm American, I knew this would be number 1 once I read the title of the list.

They're obese because their foods is delicious that's why they eat a lot

2 Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a federal republic located in North America. The country is located between the U.S. and Central America, and is known for its Pacific and Gulf of Mexico beaches and its diverse landscape of mountains, deserts, and jungles.

This is the most obese country in the world this should be number 1 someone remove United States from Mexico to number 1. Almost 33 percent of Mexicans are now obese and 70 percent overweight. The worst thing is the children are becoming programmed for obesity. It's a very serious epidemic.' About 70 percent of Mexican adults are considered overweight; 32.8 percent are obese. But the U.S. isn't far behind panting to a second place finish with an obesity rate of 31.8 percent. Mexico is more obese than USA. This should be number 1 on the list.

Mexico recently moved ahead of the United States among larger countries, and lots of smaller countries are much fatter than the US.

A recent study said that Mexicans are more obese than Americans.

Thank goodness we aren't the fattest anymore. Mexico passed us recently.

3 Kuwait

I don't want to criticize your list but this list is almost all wrong, Kuwait is number one but Marshall Island, USA, Germany they should be followed by therms.

I knew my country kuwait would be on the list

Yay! America isn't number one!

Guess what, in reality, the U.S. is the 18th most obese country! Yay! Not number one!

4 India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country (with over 1.2 billion people), and the most populous democracy in the world. Its capital is New Delhi. Some other major cities are Mumbai, Chennai, and Ahemdabad. The most spoken languages are Hindi and English, but there are 22 official Indian languages.

Obesity of the Indians is due to a diet rich in rats, as well as garbage collected from their dirty streets. Disgusting people...

This country has a 1.9 percent obesity rate, I don't get why it's number 10. Because in reality, it's the third leanest country on earth.

5 China China, officially the People's Republic of China, is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population of more than 1.4 billion. China spans five geographical time zones and borders 14 countries, the second most of any country in the world after Russia. Covering an area of approximately 9.6 million square kilometers (3,700,000 sq mi), it is the world's third or fourth largest country. The country consists of 23 provinces, five autonomous regions, four municipalities, and two Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and Macau). The national capital is Beijing, and the most populous city and financial center is Shanghai. Chinese (Mandarin) is the only official ...read more.

China has the worlds fattest kid

Is it the Communism?

6 United Arab Emirates

I live here and I never saw a single obese arab.

7 Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. With an area of 7,617,930 square kilometres (2,941,300 sq mi), Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and ...read more.

Yes we are a fat country and yes its bad but as it has been mentioned many other times on this voting list our obesity numbers are dropping so I think you should put Australian a little further down the list

Yes it's a very obese country. In my schools there are GRADE 1s HEAVIER THAN ME. the hell? I mean children 8 YEARS YOUNGER are heavier than me.

But it's still a great country and I'm really happy here. Thankfully it's obesity rate is dropping

Yes, I know, lots of Aussies are obese, but our numbers are dropping of obese people

8 Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia so fat I can't believe no one can think that this is the greatest thing since sliced bread. space can't believe I'm talking to this message this Google thing understand everything I sayMexican the way to my gentleness Mexicans eat way too many chimichangas okay this is pretty cool

9 South Africa
10 Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation (RF), is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world by area, covering over 17,125,191 square kilometres (6,612,073 sq mi), and encompassing one-eighth of Earth's inhabitable landmass. Russia extends across ...read more.
The Contenders
11 Egypt
12 Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At 8.5 million square kilometers (3,300,000 sq mi) and with over 214 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the sixth most populous. Its capital is Brasília, ...read more.
13 United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly shortened to United Kingdom, UK or Britain is a Sovereign State located of the Northwestern coast of Europe. It is a Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy currently lead by Monarch Queen Elizabeth II and its current prime minister is ...read more.

More than 60% of the UK's population is overweight or obese - that's the highest in all of Europe!

Obesity will fall once Brexit comes into power...well if you exercise enough. Food will be like the 1940s.

Catching up to the USA at a very fast pace!

14 Jordan
15 Germany Germany was formally united in 1871 under the initiative of Bismarck with King Wilhelm of Prussia as emperor. The previous 'Holy Roman Empire', basically a continuation of the empire of Charlemagne/Karl der Grosse was dissolved in 1806. ...read more.
16 Syria
17 Pakistan Pakistan was established in 1947 and is located in South Asia. Islamabad is the capital city of Pakistan. Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar are other major cities of Pakistan. Urdu and English are official languages of Pakistan. World's second highest peak (K-2) and ninth highest peak (Nanga Parbat) are ...read more.
18 Nauru Nauru, officially the Republic of Nauru and formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country in Micronesia in the Central Pacific. It's the third smallest country in the world and the least visited country in the world as well. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in Kiribati, 300 km (190 mi) ...read more.

This should be on top! It has the highest obesity rate!

Fattest country in the world

This should be #1 with USA being #2

19 Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia. Ruled by the Dutch for over 300 years and Japan for 3 years and 6 months, the country gained independence in 1945, or exactly in 17th August 1945. Jakarta is the capital city, located in the island of Java. Major languages include Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian), Javanese, Sundanese and Minangkabau. Islam is the largest religion, being over 80% of the entire population. Indonesia is an archipelago, consisting of around 17,000 islands distributed along the marine country. Known for agricultural mountain-paddy fields, this thought is a common stereotype. Indonesia also hosts the largest Muslim population in the world. ...read more.
20 Venezuela
21 Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia in the Pacific Ocean. It lies off the eastern coast of the Asia Mainland (east of China, Korea, Russia) and stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and near Taiwan in the southwest.

Japan has a huge capital city called Tokyo, other cities in Japan include Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Osaka, Nagoya and Sendai. It's close to South Korea, which is on the North West of it. It has a large population of 126.86 million people (Statistics Bureau of Japan. Retrieved April 27, 2016). ...read more.

Japan is not obese.

Skinny people

22 North Korea The Democratic People's Republic of Korea, also known as North Korea, is a country in Eastern Asia. Its capital is Pyongyang. It is currently ruled by the Juche leader Kim Jong-Un, after inheriting the title from his father, Kim Jong-Il, who in turn inherited it from his father, Kim Il-Sung.

North Korea's population as of February 18th, 2017 is 25,360,273.

North Korea is the third most corrupt country in the world, according to the CPI (Corruption Perceptions Index). It is also ranked 150th out of 163 nations in the Institution for Economics & Peace's Global Peace Index, making it one of the most dangerous countries in the world. ...read more.

I guess this country is on here because Kim Jong Un takes up a lot of space.

If you count just Kim Jong Un then they are...

Kim Jong Un is so fat.

23 Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. It is situated in the western Pacific Ocean and consists of around 7,641 islands that are broadly categorized under three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. ...read more.

People are lucky to live there with all that food

24 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a country in the Transcaucasian region, situated at the crossroads of Southwest Asia and Southeastern Europe. It is a part of the Caucasus region, and is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia ...read more.
25 Macedonia (FYROM)
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