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Ripclawe · Nov 21, 2004

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11450540%5E28102,00.html

THE average Australian woman is a size 16 and weighs 8kg heavier than her American counterpart, according to authoritive new international research.

Australian men are also 3kg heavier than American males, the joint study by the University of Adelaide and US researchers shows.

The findings were recently presented at the American Standards and Testing Materials Conference and obtained exclusively by The Sunday Telegraph.

They contradict the widely held view that the United States is the world's most overweight country and they have led the Australian Medical Association to warn: "We are eating ourselves to death."

Women are now two dress sizes larger than they were in the 1960s, the National Size and Shape survey of 60 body dimensions of 1400 Australians, showed.

AMA vice president Dr Bill Glasson said the report highlighted the growing obesity problem.

"The average Australian thinks that Americans are bigger but our country faces a huge problem," Dr Glasson said.

Ecrofirt · Nov 21, 2004

fatasses.

DonasaurusRex · Nov 21, 2004

well there are so many more americans, so its easier to fuck up the austrailian avg with fewer bully big women.

karasu · Nov 21, 2004

take that fuckers!

xsarien · Nov 21, 2004

Hey, we're working on getting the title back:

Go Hardee's!

stonedwal · Nov 21, 2004

I'm not surprised. All one needs for proof is to walk through the middle of a shopping centre on a Saturday. Fatty central.

Azih · Nov 21, 2004

Huh, and I thought all Australians were Olympic level hardbodies.

Jim Bowie · Nov 21, 2004

xsarien said:
Hey, we're working on getting the title back:

Go Hardee's!

God, that's so gross.

Manabanana · Nov 21, 2004

For some reason I feel as if I've won when in fact, I've only not lost.

Drexon · Nov 21, 2004

My guess, as I live in an americanized country, is that they got cought up in the american hype, with the fat food and bascially an unhealthy living and didn't stop to see the consequences. Hell, even my town of 100k has a dussin fast food places.

Trevelyon · Nov 21, 2004

Oh well... more cushion for the pushin'

Stele · Nov 21, 2004

Holy shit, 8kg is nearly 18 pounds. WTF.

Deleted member 1235 · Nov 21, 2004

Strange.

After having travelled to both countrys and performed a survey with my eyes, I would have put America firmly in the losing column. In fact I was astounded at the amount of amazing hotties in Aussie. I was near beaches though. could be a factor.

speedpop · Nov 21, 2004

Hahaha I blame it on the American companies shoving fast food chains into our faces. I haven't eaten fast food for months, if I go out to eat it's usually Chinese, Japanese, Indian or Italian. The fact that it almost costs the same for a large Macca's meal makes the food even more tastier.

Manabanana · Nov 21, 2004

speedpop said:
Hahaha I blame it on the American companies shoving fast food chains into our faces.

They're making Australians eat? THOSE BASTARDS.

Deleted member 1235 · Nov 21, 2004

Manabanana said:
They're making Australians eat? THOSE BASTARDS.

Only the stupid ones.

Escape Goat · Nov 21, 2004

Hahha! Take that Australia!

Australia: WTF mate?

Fresh Prince · Nov 21, 2004

It's the beer.
I swear it is true.

Anyway blame it on a nation of sport lovers and not a nation of sport doers.

Deleted member 1235 · Nov 21, 2004

Fresh Prince said:
It's the beer.
I swear it is true.

Anyway blame it on a nation of sport lovers and not a nation of sport doers.

The survey specifically sighted women though. That is infinitely more terrifying than fat men. I want to live in a society of fat dudes. not chicks though....

EDIT: Wait, it's dudes as well.

lexi · Nov 22, 2004

I don't know if it's sad or encouraging that I have a better figure then the average Australian woman.

andthebeatgoeson · Nov 22, 2004

I can't understand why. By far the most tastless food I've ever encountered. Maybe it's an acquired taste.

way more · Nov 22, 2004

skinnyrattler said:
I can't understand why. By far the most tastless food I've ever encountered. Maybe it's an acquired taste.

Americans like everything to be large and inoffensive.

andthebeatgoeson · Nov 22, 2004

mac said:
Americans like everything to be large and inoffensive.

I was talking about Aussie food. Maybe it was just the places I went to but I was in Cairnes (sp?), Melbourne, Sydney and all places needed a shipment of Lowry's.

Gek54 · Nov 22, 2004

Way too much Vegimite! How do you all eat that shit?

Zaptruder · Nov 22, 2004

It's the meat pies!

Deleted member 1235 · Nov 22, 2004

Gek54 said:
Way too much Vegimite! How do you all eat that shit?

On toast.

Vegemite > Marmite.

Vormund · Nov 22, 2004

And you don't spread it on thick.

LusDekkar · Nov 22, 2004

I heard on the radio today that apprently Australia is the hardest working nation as we work the most amount of hours.........

which reminds me, i still gotta apply for the dole.

Cool · Nov 22, 2004

xsarien said:
Hey, we're working on getting the title back:

Go Hardee's!

:lol

Do The Mario · Nov 22, 2004

That weight is all muscle and potentially penial weight!

Soul4ger · Nov 22, 2004

From Penal Colony to Fatty Haven. I always knew Australia sucked.

xsarien · Nov 22, 2004

catfish said:
On toast.

Vegemite > Marmite.

When a friend of mine from Australia visited over the summer, he brought Vegemite with him. How you guys eat a paste that tastes like burning rubber, I have no idea.

aoi tsuki · Nov 22, 2004

xsarien said:
When a friend of mine from Australia visited over the summer, he brought Vegemite with him. How you guys eat a paste that tastes like burning rubber, I have no idea.

Actually it taste more like Guinness Stout with soy sauce.

Rlan · Nov 22, 2004

It tastes like a salty yeast extract to me.

As mentioned, you don't put gobs of the stuff on like you do Penut Butter. You take a little bit and spread it thinly over the bread.

Loki · Nov 22, 2004

LusDekkar said:
I heard on the radio today that apprently Australia is the hardest working nation as we work the most amount of hours.........

which reminds me, i still gotta apply for the dole.

I'm pretty sure that Americans work the longest hours in the world (among industrialized nations) on average.

1997 data:

Americans: 1,966 hours per person per year
Japanese: 1,889 hours per person per year
Australians: 1,867 hours per person per year

I'm reasonably certain that America is still atop that pack even now. I also am not of the mind that that's something to be proud of necessarily (though industriousness is a virtue, unnecessary and artificial labor is not; i.e., wages and benefits kept artificially low due to corporate greed, resulting in people working longer hours to make ends meet).

Agent Dormer · Nov 22, 2004

Soul4ger said:
From Penal Colony to Fatty Haven. I always knew Australia sucked.

:lol :lol

UltimateMarioMan · Nov 22, 2004

Does this mean the fat American jokes will stop now?

dem · Nov 22, 2004

UltimateMarioMan said:
Does this mean the fat American jokes will stop now?

Keep dreaming, fatty :lol

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