World’s Fattest Countries Revealed: Where Is Croatia?

by croatiaweek
April 26, 2013
in Latest

The countries which contain the heaviest and lightest citizens has recently been revealed and some of the results are surprising. With its love affair with fast food many would place the U.S at number one but they have been pushed down to number two by Kuwait in the body mass index chart.

Adults who have an average body weight of between 18.5 and 24.9 are generally considered to have the ideal body weight for their height and the Arab state comes in with an average body mass index (bmi) of 27.5 for men and 31.4 for women.
Croatia comes in at number 45 on the list with an average bmi of 26.6 for men and 25.3 for women.