It has been my understanding for about a decade that the growing
obesity problem in the U.S. has pretty much had a 1:1 counterpart in
Canada. Canada reports it less (their news is less about
sensationalism) but generally all the same bad lifestyle habits that
the U.S. has developed in the last 25-30 years, Canada has also
adopted.

Europe (and especially England) are also blowing up. They've got a
long ways to go before they reach the same size as North America, but
they're on the way.

-J