Obesity Rate by TV Viewing HoursThe book <a href='http://www.amazon.com/Affluenza-Oliver-James/dp/0091900115/ref=sr_1_1'>"Affluenza"</a> 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. <p /> 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. <p /> See <a href='http://www.stubbornmule.net/2008/10/couch-potatoes/'>this blog post</a> for more details. <p /> The obesity rate is the percentage of the population with a BMI over more than 30.969520.0Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:02:06 -0700Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:38:40 -0700seancarmodyScatterGraphdefaultObesity Rate