World's Fattest Nations

According to a Yahoo News Item:

The list of the top ten most overweight nations, ( of which all but two, the U.S. and Dominica) are in the South Pacific are:

1) Nauru: 95 per cent of population overweight

2) Micronesia 92 per cent

3) The Cook Islands 92 per cent

4) Tonga: 92 per cent

5) Niue: 84 per cent

6) Samoa: 83 per cent

7) Palau: 81 per cent

8) United States: 79 per cent

9) Kiribati: 77 per cent

10) Dominica: 76 per cent

Australia (71%), UK (66%) and Mexico 73% are also in the top 25 nations with the world's most obese population.

Author Michael Bolen discusses some of the reasons in his article "The World's Fattest Countries". 

Source: http://beta.ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dailybrew/world-fattest-countries.html