The Less Time Spent Scarfing Down Dinner, the Fatter You Get : TreeHugger

Posted by Mike Stickel on Thursday, May 7, 2009

Here's an interesting graph showing a corelation between eating speeds and obesity. The graph points are grouped by country with the USA holding the highest percent of population with a BMI over 30.

Turkey, France, and Japan are among the nations with the lowest BMI and also take more time when they're eating, according to the graph.