With holidays in full swing, you may want to re-think how many desserts you eat. Our country is way more obese and overweight than you might think. In a recent Forbes piece, the general population guessed that half of Americans are overweight, but it was discovered that the real number is much higher.
Ipsos MORIposed the question – Do you know how many people are overweight or obese in your country? Most people don't. While Americans were bit closer at estimating the obesity problem, than most countries. Forbesreports that 66 percent of American adults are classified as overweight. Saudi Arabia and Turkey's numbers are surprising.
According to Forbes, 70 out of 100 Saudis are classified as obese. In fact, obesity has become the one of the leading causes of preventable death in Saudi Arabia. Turkey suffers from 65 percent of obesity, while India and Japan's numbers are at a low 20 percent. According to Iposos MORI's chart, South Koreans had the "most accurate" estimate of obesity.
Bobby Duffy, the Managing Director of Ipsos MORI Social Research said:
You can take the quiz and see where you fall on the spectrum of knowing how many people suffer from obesity in your country.
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