syd syside Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 The medical journal The Lancet ranked 122 countries based on inactivity. A massive 63.3 per cent of the UK population was found to be inactive, making it the eighth laziest country out of the 122 ranked. Britain has been classed as one of the laziest countries in the world (Pic: Thinkstock) Meanwhile, Greece was seen to be the least lazy country in the study, with just 15 per cent of its people being inactive, the Daily Mail reports. Across the pond, the US is a lot less lazy than Brits may believe, coming 46th laziest. People were classed as inactive if they did not get around 2.5 hours of moderate activity per week. Malta was given the top spot for idleness, with 71.9 per cent of citizens classed as inactive, with Swaziland (69 per cent) and Saudi Arabia (68.8 per cent) rounding out the top three. The top 20 laziest countries are: 1) Malta 2)Swaziland 3)Saudi Arabia 4)Serbia 5)Argentina 6)Micronesia 7)Kuwait 8)Great Britain 9)United Arab Emirates 10)Malaysia 11)Japan 12)Dominican Republic 13)Namibia 14)Iraq 15)Turkey 16)Cyprus 17)Italy 18)Ireland 19)South Africa 20)Bhutan The U.S ranked 46th and Greece was last. Who knows how accurate this is, but the potential false correlation that Greece's financial woes = laziest, when they are apparently least lazy, is interesting. http://www.metro.co....aturing-britain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SR4 Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 we are probably less lazy because we have a retarded sense of work ethic, even if its completely destructive to a healthy lifestyle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest boo Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 free healthcare might contribute to the stats, about all lazy people do in this country is visit their GP in the hope of getting disability benefit. assuming these stats use medical records, i dunno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEK Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 GOD DAMMNIT SWAZILAND !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumpenprol Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 can't be arsed to read and stuff, but is laziest defined by productivity, lack of employment, or truly just "sitting around on your arse"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 can't be arsed to read and stuff lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syd syside Posted August 7, 2012 Author Share Posted August 7, 2012 I'm starting to think this survey is a bunch of crap... but I think it measured physical activity... so places that have shit weather and stuff are gonna have more inactive people cause who's gonna go joggin in 5 feet of snow etc.. also cites women in Saudi Arabia as an example because women don't typically work as much. You'd think America being the most overweight nation would = laziest in that regard, but I think health problems in America deal more with our diet than how much we work out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr_Nova Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Swaziland? More like Laziland LOLol!!1!!11!!!1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Per wikipedia, 75% of Swaziland's citizens are "engaged in subsistence farming." Sedentary bastards. I guess that last quarter are just lying around dying of AIDS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEK Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Swaziland? More like Laziland LOLol!!1!!11!!!1 *high five* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Npoess Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Japan 11th? I thought they worked themselves to death over there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 does everyone in Swaziland look like Patrick Swayze? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendly Foil Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 does everyone on Malta look like Chris Malta? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fiznuthian Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 I'm starting to think this survey is a bunch of crap... but I think it measured physical activity... so places that have shit weather and stuff are gonna have more inactive people cause who's gonna go joggin in 5 feet of snow etc.. also cites women in Saudi Arabia as an example because women don't typically work as much. You'd think America being the most overweight nation would = laziest in that regard, but I think health problems in America deal more with our diet than how much we work out. Bingo! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zkreso Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 All my illusions about Jamaican lifestyle, broken into a hundred pieces Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essines Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 the potential false correlation that Greece's financial woes = laziest, when they are apparently least lazy, is interesting. physical inactivity and financial collapse are not the same thing. what are you saying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spratters Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 So what exactly is 'moderate activity'? That could be anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan C Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 the potential false correlation that Greece's financial woes = laziest, when they are apparently least lazy, is interesting. physical inactivity and financial collapse are not the same thing. what are you saying? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YO303 Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Hakuna Matata Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 So what exactly is 'moderate activity'? That could be anything. it's exactly what you're thinking it is, tiger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Japan 11th? I thought they worked themselves to death over there. I guess that's really limited to certain students and your quintessential salaryman. The rest must have time - someone's got to read all those Gundam manga series, trudge through RPGs, buy high-end electronics, mod cars for drift racing, watch all the eclectic porn, etc. Nerdy American high schoolers can only make-up so much of those markets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Frankie5fingers Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Japan 11th? I thought they worked themselves to death over there. I guess that's really limited to certain students and your quintessential salaryman. The rest must have time - someone's got to read all those Gundam manga series, trudge through RPGs, buy high-end electronics, mod cars for drift racing, watch all the eclectic porn, etc. Nerdy American high schoolers can only make-up so much of those markets. believe it or not the Japanese are not that much different than the Americans (i don't mean like culture but attitude wise). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chassis Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 When the US isn't on your list you know something is wrong with your measurement system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubin Farr Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Saudi should be higher, they are beyond lazy. Everything stops 5 times a day for prayer, sometimes people don't even go back to work, and prayer time can stretch for a couple hours w transportation, foot washing, an after prayer cigarette, etc etc. They import immigrant labor for anything remotely demeaning or manual. Very racist as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SR4 Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 When the US isn't on your list you know something is wrong with your measurement system. USA NO1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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