Well what do you know? We are all getting fatter.

And here I thought it was just a theory that I thought we were all getting heavier.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/215711.php
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2810%2962038-7/fulltext

Findings


In 2008, age-standardised mean total cholesterol worldwide was 4·64 mmol/L (95% uncertainty interval 4·51—4·76) for men and 4·76 mmol/L (4·62—4·91) for women. Globally, mean total cholesterol changed little between 1980 and 2008, falling by less than 0·1 mmol/L per decade in men and women. Total cholesterol fell in the high-income region consisting of Australasia, North America, and western Europe, and in central and eastern Europe; the regional declines were about 0·2 mmol/L per decade for both sexes, with posterior probabilities of these being true declines 0·99 or greater. Mean total cholesterol increased in east and southeast Asia and Pacific by 0·08 mmol/L per decade (−0·06 to 0·22, posterior probability=0·86) in men and 0·09 mmol/L per decade (−0·07 to 0·26, posterior probability=0·86) in women. Despite converging trends, serum total cholesterol in 2008 was highest in the high-income region consisting of Australasia, North America, and western Europe; the regional mean was 5·24 mmol/L (5·08—5·39) for men and 5·23 mmol/L (5·03—5·43) for women. It was lowest in sub-Saharan Africa at 4·08 mmol/L (3·82—4·34) for men and 4·27 mmol/L (3·99—4·56) for women.