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Obesity Rate by TV Viewing Hours

2745437639_e1f9a494f5_o_dBy seancarmody on Oct 08, 2008
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OECD, WHO (http://www.oecd.org/documen... http://www.who.int/infobase/report.aspx?iso=GBR&rid=111)
The book "Affluenza" claims that watching television is the primary cause of obesity. It sounds like a plausible claim, but it is hard to substantiate from this data.

The point high up to the right is the US: at the time the data was taken (around 2005), they watched the most TV and were the most obese within this selection of countries.

See this blog post for more details.

The obesity rate is the percentage of the population with a BMI over more than 30. —seancarmody

Comments (2)

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Natalie
Natalie says

Why am I not surprised that the U.S. is the big outlier here?

posted about 1 year ago
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movie fan
movie fan says

is it me, or does this graph look like a smiley face... meaning?

posted about 1 year ago

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54% Obesity Rate and TV Viewing Hours