Canada Tops for Obesity: Survey

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"But that's far from reassuring," said Desprès, speaking for the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.

The high rate of obesity in doctors' offices shows it's the heaviest Canadians who are sickest, he said. "And if you go to a cardiovascular (unit), the number would be even higher."

"The abdominal obesity they looked at -- that's the waist circumference -- is another type of obesity which is even more devastating" than overall weight, he said.

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Canada Tops for Obesity: Survey

High rate means big risk for heart disease

By Tom Spears

OTTAWA -- Canadian adults are the most obese in a survey of 63 nations.

A whopping 36 per cent of Canadian men and ...

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