The three pillars of Egyptian cuisine are: fried food, sugar and flour. With this diet, the country has an obesity rate of 34.6% in relation to the population.
Mexican cuisine even uses foods of excellent nutritional value in its base, such as avocado, beans and pepper. However, the most consumed dishes in Mexico contain a lot of sugars and starches. Thus, the country is among those with the worst diet in the world, with 32.8% of people with obesity in its population.
I bet you thought of the United States when you read the title of this list, didn't you? The country is seen as an example of bad food in the international press and in the popular imagination. With its fast food industry and huge portions of sodas and other sugary drinks, the US has a 31.8% rate of obese in relation to the population.
Get ready you will see a lot of Latin America around here! Our neighbors in Venezuela have a 30.8% obesity rate in their population. This, most likely, is due to a rather high-calorie diet, rich in fats and carbohydrates.
Another “hermano” in the ranking! Argentines have too many fats, carbohydrates and sugary drinks in their everyday diet. With that, they have 29.4% of people with obesity in their population and appeared in 5th place on this podium.
Chilean cuisine makes a lot of use of corn – in particular, corn flour – as in one of its most traditional dishes, the humitas (a type of fool salted). Chile also has its mote con huesillos, a non-alcoholic drink made from the nectar of dried peaches, boiled in water with sugar and cinnamon and mixed with hulled and boiled wheat. In addition, pork appears as one of the staples of the Chilean diet.
There is a 29.1% rate of obese people in the Chilean population. Thus, it enters our list of countries with the worst food in the world.
Now let's go to the other side of the world. Due to the influence of the UK (we'll get to that in a moment), New Zealand has a diet full of fats and sweets. Typical dishes there are the famous fish and chips (fried fish and potatoes) and pavlova, a dessert in the form of a cake that has meringue as a base and is loaded with sugar. Among New Zealanders, 27% are obese.
Neighboring New Zealand, Australia is also one of the countries with the worst food on the planet. Over there, they also consume a lot of pavlova, in addition to a lot of sugar and industry in the diet.
In addition, Australians consume a lot of Vegemite, a salty jelly made from brewer's yeast. However, despite being an industrialized product, it has its strengths. A teaspoon has approximately 11 calories and the food is very rich in vitamin B.
We got to it! The UK uses a lot of milk, veal and lamb in its cuisine. However, the country's flagship, its world-famous fish and chips, is not the best for your health. Today, an estimated 24.9% of the British population is obese.
We close the list of countries with the worst food with Costa Rica, which is very greasy. Its base has many breaded pork, beans and chickpeas. There is also a traditional jam made from oranges and a high-sugar fruit called chiverre. It is estimated that the country has a rate of 24.6% of obese people.