Overweight? For you, all is not lost Bashny.Net

1. Tonga

On the small island of Tonga in the south Pacific, was considered a great beauty of the physical dimensions. This combined with fat, nutrient-poor imported food and lack of physical activity has given rise to a nation swept by obesity. Of the 140 thousand. Adult inhabitants of the island of 100 thousand. Overweight





2. Kuwait

Kuwait in the Middle East - it's not only the rich oil fields. Cardiovascular disease - a leading cause of death in this country, and 52% of Kuwaiti women older than 15 years are obese. Historically, these desert nomads fatness considered a sign of health and wealth, and this trend can clearly be seen to this day.



3. Fiji

Customs of this nation of South Pacific revolve around begging food around to demonstrate prosperity. This combined with a lack of awareness about the health risks has led to the fact that the majority of Fiji's population suffers from excess weight. Large waist long revered in the woman as a sign of health, wealth and fertility.



4. Jamaica

Given that 65% of women classified as Jamaican full ideal body there beach has a size almost twice the medical standards. National feature women of the island - a large thighs and buttocks. A study conducted in 1993 in rural areas of Jamaica, has shown that there is harmony associated with sadness, and excess weight - with happiness, kindness and social harmony.

5. Samoa

The natives suffering from food shortages for many centuries, and biological anthropologists believe that the Samoans are genetically "programmed" to store the extra calories in fat. This natural tendency leads to a large population of people, and consequently, large women are the norm here.



6. South Africa

In South Africa, the negative attitude towards harmony. Centuries correlation between heavy and great wealth could not overcome even the European idea of ​​the perfect body size, which appeared in the post-apartheid period. More women are still loved for their weight, which is given to an intuitive preference as a measure of health and financial status.

7. Afghanistan

Over the centuries, full of Afghan women are valued for being strongly contrasted with the sterile environment. Women's fertility among the nomads, vlachaschih miserable existence in the desert, is strongly associated with the accumulation of extra pounds. For the most part the veil hides the exact contours of the female body, but a round face with soft features here is the object of desire.



8. Tahiti

On the island of Tahiti in French Polynesia existed local custom "ha'apori." Literally it means "fatten". Fattened young women, and then gives the leader, so that he could appreciate their beauty and fertility. Veneration of obesity is going on here today, in part because of a diet rich in coconut milk and carbohydrates.

9. Nauru

Nauru is known not only the world's highest levels of diabetes in 31% of the population, it is famous for the fact that obesity is covered. 14 thousand. People who inhabit this small island in the South Pacific, completeness associated with beauty and fertility. Women fed to prepare for the birth of children, and men - for competitions in force.

10. Mauritania

It has people living in drought-stricken West Africa, women's fullness - a synonym of beauty and wealth. Although sometimes forced feeding (denoted by the word «gavage», borrowed from the French language. The word refers to the process of forced feeding goose whose liver then goes on foie gras) is still practiced here, and young girls absorb huge amounts of fat camel milk daily.



Source: www.topnews.ru