I agree with you with the people being more interested in other non exercising activities. I do not know much about Africa or the goings on in Africa most of the information I have seen are from news reports and notices that kids bring home from school about being active and less tv and things like that. There are other countries that have obese people but not to the point like the states or even here. I can walk downtown and pass 20 people at least 15 of them are over weight. Young girls who are 18 that have little pot belly's that is just UNREAL they are too young to have any fat. When I lived in NY for a bit you could not walk the mall without seeing at least 10 over weight people walk by you out of the 15. Obesity sometimes can not me helped which is unfortunate and governments do not care about the people enough to help put some kind of program together like Japan did.