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To: Brumar89 who wrote (550718)	2/17/2010 5:18:35 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572645

Ah, they're big-boned, not fat. Sure. What that has to do with the German population not being as mixed as the American .... Roughly ten percent of the German population is Arab, Turkish or Romanish......plus there are the East Germans who like the rest of the eastern bloc had problems with obesity......remember this is 1991. Even when factored into the rest of the population they were less obese than only those Americans who were white. So what the hell is your point?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (550718)	2/17/2010 5:21:45 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572645

And you know which region has the highest levels of obesity. Will you admit you were wrong? Are you man enough? Table 2: Obesity Prevalence Rates of OECD Countries Country% of Pop. Obese Country% of Pop.Obese Australia 21.7 Korea 3.2 Austria 9.1 Luxembourg 18.4 Belgium 11.7 Mexico 24.2 Canada 14.9 Netherlands 10 Czech Republic 14.8 New Zealand 17 Denmark 9.5 Norway 8.3 Finland 12.8 Poland 11.4 France 9.4 Portugal 12.8 Germany 12.9 Slovak Republic 22.4 Greece 32.8 Spain Hungary 18.2 Sweden 10.4 Iceland 12.4 Switzerland 7.7 Ireland 13_ Turkey 23 United Kingdom 22.4 Italy 8.6 Japan 3.6 United States 30.6 Source: OECD Factbook 2005: Economic, Environmental, and Social Statistics - Obesity (2005) 74.125.155.132 Still another chart: nationmaster.com