in article , Frederick Burroughs at
wrote on 3/25/05 10:01 PM:

Joint Canada/United States Survey of Health; See:
http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepu...XIE2003001.htm

That's an interesting read. It's amazing how close so many of the numbers
are.

I was quite surprised to find more slightly more smokers in Canada. I bet a
lot of Canadians would be surprised by that, although I remember
encountering "smoke free" shopping malls in areas of the US long before most
places in Canada caught on. I know the gap is only 2% but it still surprised
me.

The 6% gap of obesity (21% US, 15% Canadian) is quite something, I guess
SuperSize Me had it about right. I see so many Canadians lining up at Tim
Horton's (donuts) that I can't believe there's a people somewhere that could
be 6% more obese!