While overweight obesity rates for most industrialized nations provide at best a rough estimate, there is a bigger discrepancy when trying to compile statistics for some third world countries. In India for instance, the percentage of overweight adults can range from as low as 8% in some rural areas to as high as 37% in some urban centers. At the same time, there are some regions where the population is underweight by as much as 37%... Full Text

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