Another Vice click-bait "America is bad for (x) reason" article.
FYI - Mexico is the most obese nation in the world, surpassing the United States in both Adult and Child obesity.
FYI - Mexico is the most obese nation in the world, surpassing the United States in both Adult and Child obesity.
That certainly does not mean that we don't have an obesity problem here. As a publication with a primarily US audience, you would expect Vice to focus primarily on America.
Nearly 1 in 3 adults (30.7%) are overweight.2
More than 2 in 5 adults (42.4%) have obesity.2
About 1 in 11 adults (9.2%) have severe obesity.2
About 1 in 6 children and adolescents ages 2 to 19 (16.1%) are overweight.3
Almost 1 in 5 children and adolescents ages 2 to 19 (19.3%) have obesity.3
About 1 in 16 children and adolescents ages 2 to 19 (6.1%) have severe obesity.3The article even admits it doesn't know if this is actually a problem or not. FTA:
> There are no statistics that cover bodies donated or bodies offered to programs, no official way to tell how many Americans who fall into the overweight or obese categories have been turned away like McPherson.
It's an article by an american outlet on an american issue.
Hell, it's a five years old article by an american outlet on an american issue.
> The article even admits it doesn't know if this is actually a problem or not. FTA:
The article literally tells you it's a problem that occurs in the first paragraph. What you're quoting says it doesn't know the full breadth of the problem, because there's no data collection on the subject.
"There is no data" != "there is no problem".
> It's an article by an american outlet on an american issue.
The article never proves it's an issue.