Obesity a global pandemic?

It's common knowlege that Americans are overweight. In fact, when you travel to Europe, it's not that hard at all to pick the Americans out of a crowd. My wife, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law all found on a trip to the U.K. that, even in England, portions were not even remotely American-sized (this provided for some banter with waitstaff).Well, a reuter's article (bearing the headline "