[chakde]

This is quite true and surprising. A european once mentioned that one problem is too many fat people in the "developed countries".

See the distribution of worldwide obesity here - http://wiki.medpedia.com/Image:World_map_of_Male_Obesity,_20...

and

http://www.healthyfellow.com/241/weight-loss-news

Probabaly from driving cars and watching too much tv and computers.