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It is mostly for western/rich countries I think.

Asian countries (rich and poor) still don't suffer from obesity.

I believed I had heard differently, that obesity was on the increase globally, not just in the US or the West or rich countries. The first hit from Google:

> In most of the Asian countries the prevalence of overweight and obesity has increased many folds in the past few decades and the magnitude varies between countries [6–15]. South East Asia and Western Pacific region are currently facing an epidemic of diseases associated with obesity such as diabetes and CVD [5, 6].

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2939400/#:~:tex....

ETA: actually, that was the second hit

I have to tell you that my data is anecdotal. And boy rarely I find obese people here.

Do you have any evidence to support that claim?

It is mostly anecdotal, as I am currently living in 3 different countries (USA, Japan, Indonesia). The latter 2 don't suffer from obesities.

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