Roughly two out of three U.S. adults are overweight or obese (69 percent) and one out of three are obese (36 percent). In 2008, men in Western and Central Europe had higher rates of obesity than men in Eastern Europe (20 to 25 percent, versus 15 to 20 percent).<p>What biological predisposition accounts for a 40+% difference?<p><a href="https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/obesity-prevention-source/obesity-trends-original/obesity-rates-worldwide/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/obesity-prevention-source/obesi...</a>