We're Fat, Stressed and Awaiting a Heart Attack -- and We're 16th Overall in the World
We knew we were fat, stressed and on the verge of a heart attack. But did you know that, globally, we're 112 out of 122 on the obesity scale ? That's according to The World Economic Forum, as reported by The Washington Post. Every year this group meets to discuss the state of the world, and here's where we come in on education (11th), health and wellness (43rd out of 44; we're only trailed by Qatar), enabling the environment (16th) and overall (16th). Pretty depressing, huh? The disappointing overall score, according to The Washington Post, is for our health score, and that's mostly because of our increasing rates of obesity, diabetes and cardiac disease. The "business impact of disease overall?" We clock in at 65th. "In the proud tradition of think tank indices, small, homogenous European nations generally do best – them and Singapore – while large, diverse developed nations generally come next, with an occasional outlier like Qatar that ...