http://us.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2007/fit.nation/obesity.map/
Worked in Nashville on an off for a while, people there seemed to be either one extreme or the other, big as a house or rail thin.
I’m assuming the numbers for Canada would be similar, probably not as high as the red states.
Not sure about the UK, Europe or other industrialized countries, probably better but getting worse.
I used to be one of those >30 BMI folks, now 24ish
On the bright side if this keeps up Airplane seats will be very comfortable in the near future.
Does this mean that fat people vote Republican?
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/
Looks like the really heavy states, with the exception of Michigan, went for Dubya.
But it’s probably not safe to make the assumption that the fatter you are the more likely you are to vote Rebuplican.
Michael Moore and Al Sharpton ( two name two who probably didn’t vote Republican ) aren’t exactly svelte.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6148456.stm
I’m very pleased to see that the UK along with Lazy Ben are in the fat lard range 
Whereas smoking 2 packs a day, surrendering whenever possible, eating cheese, going
on strike, working only 35hrs a week, whining all the time allows the French to remain
in a healthy BMI range.
Well with 6 weeks of vacation the French have plenty of time to relax and work out.
http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2007/work.life.balance/chart/
Interesting to note that Canada is only ahead of China on the vacation/statutory holiday total.
What’s really scarey is the % increase in the past twenty years.
Even scarier is that at the current rate of increase, childhood obesity will be 50% in ten years. Imagine - 50% of all kids overweight. In my day it mght have been 4-5%.
Obesity related health problems will add serious strain on the health care system. Get ready for it.