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Mexico Now World's Fattest Nation

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Is Mexico even fatter than the United States?

No thanks to industrialized agriculture, widely available cheap junk food and the invasion of fast food chains from the U.S., our south-of-the-border neighbors are the world's new losers at the battle of the bulge, according to some estimates.

In a report released last month, the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) found Mexico has a 32.8% adult obesity rate, surpassing the U.S. at 31.8%.

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