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Bags Thu 21-Jun-12 10:51:39

In the Telegraph Earth News section, there's a graphic that will tell you where you are in the world's average adult weight.

I'm lighter than "the average adult" in 167 countries, heavier than "the average adult" in 10 countries, and weigh about the same as "the average adult"in Ethiopia.

Right. I'm off to read the Indie and the Grauniad to see what newsful gems they have today.

Annobel Sun 24-Jun-12 11:07:43

I'd be petite if I lived in Tonga. grin

Bags Sun 24-Jun-12 11:01:48

I think we're all hermaphrodites for the purposes of this calculation wink

absentgrana Sun 24-Jun-12 10:35:59

yearofthetiger I'd be average if I lived in Algeria – but would that be an average man?

yearofthetiger Sun 24-Jun-12 08:49:08

Apparently, I'd be average if I lived in Cyprus! LOL!

numberplease Sat 23-Jun-12 20:31:46

I think that I`m classed as morbidly obese. But as they say in America, I`m not fat, I`m a little heavy, lol!

Wheniwasyourage Sat 23-Jun-12 18:21:17

I was happy to find that I'm bang on average until it struck me that as a 5'1" woman i should be a lot less than average... Oh dear. Then I read your comment POGS and felt a lot better. You're quite right, thank you.

soop Sat 23-Jun-12 11:22:09

Gagagram Love it! grin

Annobel Fri 22-Jun-12 20:52:20

me too Gaga.

Gagagran Fri 22-Jun-12 20:35:10

My problem is I'm under-height for my weight.grin

POGS Fri 22-Jun-12 19:25:33

I am an obese elf in any country.

I know it's wrong but I look at my neighbour with M.S. and two friends getting over cancer and I thank God that's my only problem.

dorsetpennt Fri 22-Jun-12 13:30:17

Like absentgrana I don't weigh myself, too depressing! I'm 5 Foot 7 inches so maybe the size of slightly smaller Algerian due to my being 2 inches shorter then absentgrana. I'm not fat - just pleasingly plumb as my Mother used to say. Elephants havn't started to throw buns at me yet.

jeni Fri 22-Jun-12 12:37:37

Mine is 27.5 sad ie overweight but not obese! I'm trying honest, but being immobile doesn't help! (neither does the food on cruises.grin)

absentgrana Fri 22-Jun-12 12:35:28

I'm 5 feet 9 inches and match the average Algerian adult Bags. grin

Bags Fri 22-Jun-12 12:26:37

I think my BMI is 20 as well, absent, so I guess I'm just smaller than you, and a lot of other adults all over the world hmm

Not that I feel small! In my life I loom large!

absentgrana Fri 22-Jun-12 12:22:49

I was so intrigued when Bags posted this yesterday, I actually went out of my way to weigh myself (awful phrasing – sorry). I checked the article and am heavier than the average adult in 65 countries. My BMI is 20, so I can only assume that those 65 countries are ones stricken by famine and other disasters.

soop Fri 22-Jun-12 12:00:16

phoenix grin you're so sensible. Haven't a clue whether or not I'm nudging "average" or a fair stone over...does it matter? Can I be bothered to tiddle with calories and run myself ragged in order to be average? Nah! I'll settle for what I am...far from perfect but perfectly acceptable.

yogagran Thu 21-Jun-12 23:29:48

Oh phoenix that made me laugh - thanks for that grin

Anne58 Thu 21-Jun-12 21:16:45

I'm 130 lbs, so bigger than some, smaller than some, which seems about par for the course.

But agree that it's all a bit off without taking into account height etc.

I mean, if I was 3ft 6", I'd be a right porker, but if I was 6ft 6", I might fall through a drain cover.

Unless of course I had sticky out ears, which I don't.

vampirequeen Thu 21-Jun-12 20:51:41

I appear to be bigger than everyone in the world lol

Jacey Thu 21-Jun-12 16:22:50

Interesting ...but did wonder about the accuracy in that numbers in each country that had actually been weighedhmm and agree with yogagran about height, age and sex factors.

But liked the final comments in article ...re comparison of North America to Asia

Jacey Thu 21-Jun-12 16:06:40

Thanx Anagram

Bags Thu 21-Jun-12 16:05:25

Good one, nag! wink

Anagram Thu 21-Jun-12 15:37:02

Here you are, Jacey (just Google it!)

www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/9345086/The-worlds-fattest-countries-how-do-you-compare.html

Ha, ha! I just did it myself and it said I was lighter than the average adult in 177 countries and heavier than the average adult in none! I'd entered 10 as my weight, thinking in stones, so it thought I weighed 10lb!

blush

Jacey Thu 21-Jun-12 14:36:36

Bags can I have the link please? [idiot] emoticon ...as don't know how to find it blush

yogagran Thu 21-Jun-12 14:08:18

Then I went to the both ends of the scale and was amused that the heaviest people are in Micronesia Perhaps these islands should be re-named?

Actually - I'll admit that I didn't know that there were a group of islands with that name sad