Is it normal it annoys me when people say americans are obese?

Yes. People are ignorant. It's the same as saying all British people have fucked up teeth.

i'm sure the people who use the statement "you're american, you must be obese" aren't too concerned about the validity of it. In fact, they are probably incredibly ignorant and mis-informed.
so yes, it is normal

You are the most obese nation in the world. You just gotta deal with it, hey I'm British and my teeth are great contrary to what 99% of people say.

What I learned from this thread is that I should insult other nations based off a statistic that may or may not be accurate.

Also, peeps, stats do not equal fact. Maybe if some of you learn how statistics are compiled... They're really not a magic answer, and are often greatly exaggerated or biased.

They're just throwing out an insult because they're pissy about something else. They know we aren't all fat.

That is obese which is very fat. The % of overweight is over 50.

Doesn't bother me. This country is full of fat asses. Tired of fat chicks looking at me like a piece of meat.. and not the metaphorical kind.

I'm sure it matters where you live in america as well. I live in England wand here I live you see an obese person about once a month, and I'm sure that's the case in some places in america, although I also assume there are some places with very high obesity rates.

Still about 1 in 3 being obese sounds pretty bad, but I don't know how big a person has to be to qualify as obese...

Go to any European airport and watch a plane from America unload. Americans exiting the plane are fucking FAT as fuck. The distribution of BMI compared to the European distribution is so obvious that its just gross.

No wonder the world hates Americans.

It's a pretty big deal for the US to have a statistic like that. It doesnt matter if Mexico or some other country has more obese people. The US is/was a trendsetter (iphone facebook google hollywood), arguably the "leader" of the world if you were forced to pick one. There is even the term "Americanized." I've never heard of Russianized or Chinesed. Even politically it's a very significant country...

And 27% of its people are obese. In light of all of the above, and compared to other super power countries that becomes an incredibly high percentage

It's normal that it gets under your skin, but every country has its stereotypes

I trust the statistic. The rate is around around 30% nationwide for obesity and 30% for being overweight. Although I believe that it could be slightly inaccurate (as they are using the BMI chart which does not take into account that weight could also include muscle mass and some people who are classified as obese would pass a body fat test, easily). Simply put, the majority of Americans are overweight.

Despite this, I know that there is an abundance of Americans who are overweight and "normal" weight who exercise, eat right and so on. I don't feel weight (up until you get to obesity levels) is a true prediction of health. Weight is only a byproduct of one's general health and lifestyle and is not always immediately telling of which.

I get what you are saying. The stereotype, while it does have some basis in reality, is ridiculous. It's a ridiculous generalization and it is a ridiculous taunt. Until I see hard data proving that everyone who is overweight and obese in this country is that way solely due to their lifestyle choices, I will continue to disregard this criticism. Are a lot of them that way due to lifestyle? Sure. How many are? Well, HIPPA rightfully keeps that information private.

I never understand this either because although America is one of the fattest countries in the world after Nauru, Cook Islands, Marshall Islands and Mexico, it's true what you say. Less than half of them are obese and people tend to assume that 30% means about 95% and are incorrect as that's flawed thinking. America doesn't seem to have as many obese people as not from what I've observed/the states I've visited so I'd say that statistic is definitely accurate. Out of every 10 people, from what I've seen, it seems to be only 2 of those 10 are obese so the majority are definitely not obese.

I think stereotyping is unfortunate as it breeds ignorance and because of that, it never stops. Even when America drops down on the list more, they'll still continue to say it because to them, truth means nothing. They just enjoy insulting people because they're unhappy with themselves or they're just not very bright.