e 30 percent are medically obese, Australia, Briton etc., are finding themselves in.

The WHO defines overweight as a body mass index greater than or equal to 25 and obese greater than or equal to 30.It has compiled a list of the heaviest nations.

Of the top 10 countries on the list, eight were from the South Pacific, with Nauru tipping the scales in first position with 94 per cent of its adult population overweight.

The US was ninth with 74 per cent overweight and Britain was 28th with almost 64 per cent of its population overweight.

There are 1.6 billion overweight adults in the world, according to the WHO, which projects the number will grow by 40 per cent in the next 10 years.

Till the real reason for the fat epidemic is discovered, we are best doing what great Indian sages of yore advised- Eat less than your appetite, drink less than your desire and work less than your tolerance.

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