近所のデリのレジに並んだ隣のおじさんが店員にコーヒーラージで、砂糖10杯!と注文したことに驚くとともに、さすがは肥満大国アメリカ、国民の27％ぐらいが肥満。統計的に見れば、20%強だが、日本での感覚とくらべれば主観的なアメリカ人の肥満パーセンテージは実質、50％ぐらいが妥当ではないかと思うのだ。牛乳にも何故か砂糖18gとか平気で入っているのには驚く。もはやオーガニック製品でなければ、砂糖が入っていない牛乳を見つけるのは至難。
| 2007 U.S. State Obesity Rates | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | % | State | % | State | % | State | % |
| Alabama | 30.3 | Illinois | 24.9 | Montana | 21.8 | Rhode Island | 21.4 |
| Alaska | 27.5 | Indiana | 26.8 | Nebraska | 26.0 | South Carolina | 28.4 |
| Arizona | 25.4 | Iowa | 26.9 | Nevada | 24.1 | South Dakota | 26.2 |
| Arkansas | 28.7 | Kansas | 26.9 | New Hampshire | 24.4 | Tennessee | 30.1 |
| California | 22.6 | Kentucky | 27.4 | New Jersey | 23.5 | Texas | 28.1 |
| Colorado | 18.7 | Louisiana | 29.8 | New Mexico | 24.0 | Utah | 21.8 |
| Connecticut | 21.2 | Maine | 24.8 | New York | 25.0 | Vermont | 21.3 |
| Delaware | 27.4 | Maryland | 25.4 | North Carolina | 28.0 | Virginia | 24.3 |
| Washington DC | 21.8 | Massachusetts | 21.3 | North Dakota | 26.5 | Washington | 25.3 |
| Florida | 23.6 | Michigan | 27.7 | Ohio | 27.5 | West Virginia | 29.5 |
| Georgia | 28.2 | Minnesota | 25.6 | Oklahoma | 28.1 | Wisconsin | 24.7 |
| Hawaii | 21.4 | Mississippi | 32.0 | Oregon | 25.5 | Wyoming | 23.7 |
| Idaho | 24.5 | Missouri | 27.5 | Pennsylvania | 27.1 | ||
| Source: U.S. Obesity Trends 1985–2007 | |||||||
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