That much money and honesty do not go hand in hand.

I wonder if there are more up-to-date figures available.

The average weight of people in the United States and North America as a whole is higher than any other region in the world.

In 2012, BMC Public Health reported the following average weights by region. The averages were calculated using data from 2005, and relied on combined statistics for men and women:

    North America: 177.9 pounds
    Oceania, including Australia: 163.4 pounds
    Europe: 156.1 pounds
    Latin America/Caribbean: 149.7 pounds
    Africa: 133.8 pounds
    Asia: 127.2 pounds

The world average for an adult’s weight is 136.7 pounds.  ...

https://www.healthline.com/health/mens-health/average-weight-for-men#weight-ranges

Our most recent trips to Europe were in 2017 and 2018, and we saw quite a few overweight locals in Germany, France and UK.

Polish farmers march against ‘green poison’ EU climate change rules – Signs:  ‘Down with the Green Deal, Down with the European Union’
By Marc Morano
May 11, 2024
6:16 pm

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/polish-farmers-march-against-green-poison-eu-climate-change-rules-2024-05-10/

By Kuba Stezycki

WARSAW, May 10 (Reuters) – Thousands of protesters marched through the streets of the Polish capital Warsaw on Friday to show their opposition to European Union environmental regulations that farmers say are driving them out of business.


Farmers were joined by representatives of other branches of the Solidarity trade union, which organised the protest, such as miners and workers from the automotive sector.
Farmers in Poland and elsewhere in the bloc have been protesting in recent months, opens new tab against cheap food imports from Ukraine and restrictions placed on them by the EU’s Green Deal to tackle climate change.

In a sea of red and white Polish flags and Solidarity banners, the protesters, many wearing yellow high-visibility vests, brandished placards with slogans like “Down with the Green Deal, Down with the European Union” and “Green Poison”.

https://www.climatedepot.com/2024/05/11/polish-farmers-march-against-green-poison-eu-climate-change-rulesand-signs-down-with-the-green-deal-down-with-the-european-union/

A Note to The Guardian – Opinion Is NOT Science
 
By
Anthony Watts
May 10, 2024
 

A recent article in the newspaper The Guardian reports that some of the ”world’s top climate scientists” believe that disaster is soon to occur due to what they claim will be an additional degree of warming on the planet. This is a false narrative. The earth has experienced similar temperatures in the past without disastrous consequences. In addition, one should note that opinion when it comes to climate science has had a terrible track record.

The opinion piece, titled “World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target,” starts off with gloom and doom in the first couple of paragraphs:

Almost 80% of the respondents, all from the authoritative Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), foresee at least 2.5C of global heating, while almost half anticipate at least 3C (5.4F). Only 6% thought the internationally agreed 1.5C (2.7F) limit would be met.

Many of the scientists envisage a “semi-dystopian” future, with famines, conflicts, and mass migration, driven by heatwaves, wildfires, floods, and storms of an intensity and frequency far beyond those that have already struck.

https://climaterealism.com/2024/05/a-note-to-the-guardian-opinion-is-not-science/