2008-10-08T12:19:31-05:00 2010-01-22T20:41:42-05:00 The book "Affluenza" claims that watching television is a primary cause of obesity. This data, sourced from the OECD and WHO, does not appear to support that contention. <p> The "obesity rate" is the percentage of the population with a body mass index (BMI) over 30. </p><p> See <a href='http://www.stubbornmule.net/2008/10/couch-potatoes/'>this blog post</a> for more details.</p> 20062 TV Viewing Habits and Obesity c4suhvAauKJNT5RDAmu9kg== OECD, WHO http://www.oecd.org/document/17/0,3343,en_2649_33703_38876369_1_1_1_1,00.html, http://www.who.int/infobase/report.aspx?iso=GBR&rid=111 1016706 2008-10-08T05:48:45-05:00