Average adults

I'd be petite if I lived in Tonga.

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

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

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

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!

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.

Gagagram Love it!

me too Gaga.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

phoenix 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.

Oh phoenix that made me laugh - thanks for that

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.

I appear to be bigger than everyone in the world lol

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

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

Thanx Anagram

Good one, nag!

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!

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

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