America has finally been outdone — but not by much.

According to a new report from the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, Mexico is now the world's fattest developed nation.

Nearly a third of Mexicans (32.8 percent) now are considered obese, due in part to the country's rising income levels and rampant consumption, the report notes. Nearly 70 percent of Mexican adults are overweight, and childhood obesity in the country has tripled within the past decade.

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