I would caution us all not to interpret this as “obese people must be corrupt” (when it’s more a discussion of correlation not causation in either direction).

I would caution us all not to interpret this as “obese people must be corrupt” (when it’s more a discussion of correlation not causation in either direction). My kingdom for a dataset that included more countries than just the old soviet bloc. If this correlation holds true, it would rear its head no matter the geographical region.