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Which Country Has the Most Unhealthy Middle-Aged People? It's Not the US...
September 06, 2011
Unfortunately it seems that conventional wisdom often produces the statement that America is home to the most unhealthy people in the world. However, a new study finds that middle-aged Brits are fatter, more depressed, and smoke more cigarettes than any other middle-aged men and women in the world. AOL Lifestyle on what researchers from BUPA found when asking more than 13,000 people from 12 countries around the world about their lifestyles:
"Although Americans are often thought to be the world's fattest, it turned out that British people aged 45-54 were the most overweight.Over one third of people in this age group in Britain are overweight, twice the international average for all the countries in the study.
Only 8% described themselves as 'healthy' and 24% smoked 10 or more cigarettes a day, compared to the average of 18%.
Over a quarter of Brits in this age group said they were depressed, in comparison to an international average of 17%.
While 73% of Mexicans and 64% of Brazilians described themselves as 'positive', only 48% of Britons said they felt positive."
The demographic of British described as "very healthy" improves in the 55-64-year-old braket, but still only makes up 11 percent of that age group.
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