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America definitely drinks more soda than anyone else: http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/map_of_the_week/2012/07/map_of_soda_consumption_americans
by lazythrowaway 12y ago
America definitely drinks more soda than anyone else: http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/map_of_the_week/2012/07/map_of_soda_consumption_americans_drink_more_than_anyone_else_.html http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/map_of_the_.... 3x as much as most central European countries.
- novalis78 12y agoNotwithstanding the golden "correlation != causation" adage, I found that only two things are truly consumed in much larger quantities in America than any other country I know: soda and high fructose corn syrup...at the same time being the only country with a 35% obesity rate...hmmmm
- vonmoltke 12y agoOh really? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/09/mexico-obesity_n_3567772.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/09/mexico-obesity_n_35... Relevant numbers from the article: US obesity rate: 31.8% Mexican obesity rate: 32.8% Also, Mexican soda exclusively uses cane sugar. I buy Mexican Coke for the new times I drink regular soda for that reason.
- adventured 12y agoNot true. Saudi Arabia is the most obese country on earth, at 70%. Britain, Australia, and New Zealand are also substantially obese. All of those are coming increasingly close to catching America in obesity, with their obesity levels exploding higher.
- kissickas 12y agoHere's the latest data I know of on this: http://www.socialprogressimperative.org/data/spi/components/com7#data_table/countries/idr29/idr29 http://www.socialprogressimperative.org/data/spi/components/... The United States comes in at 8th highest obesity rate, after Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, the UAE, South Africa, and Mexico.