Children from Fukushima have the highest obesity rate in all of Japan,
Children from Fukushima have the highest obesity rate in all of Japan, and researchers suspect that fears over last year’s nuclear disaster have a lot to do with the extra poundage. Japanese government researchers found that parents and school officials in the region aren’t letting kids outside due to concerns over radiation. This imposed sedentary lifestyle is making them put on more weight than any other kids in the country. The researchers culled this data from 700,000 children across Japan aged five to 17.