"I'll put a girdle round about the earth," says one of Shakespeare's characters.(Brief article)

"I'll put a girdle round about the earth," says one of Shakespeare's characters. Forbes magazine has been round the earth putting girdles on its human inhabitants--to be exact, measuring how fat the inhabitants of the world's 194 nations and territories are, as measured by the body mass index (weight relative to height) of persons older than 15. The tiny Pacific nation of Nauru leads the world, with 94.5 percent of its inhabitants overweight. In fact, of the top ten nations, eight are in the Pacific. The two that aren't are Kuwait ...