Route (En Français)



“Man’s real home is not a house, but the road…” Bruce Chatwin





There is a time before traveling where you spend a lot of time dreaming about far away countries with freckles in your eyes. When this time comes to an end the most exalting part can begin: you have to make your own route around the world. It is far from easy because the project himself should build the route and not the opposite.

I shaped my path after spending many hours on the internet looking for data about obesity in multiple countries in the world: First to analyze the obesity rate in different places (Governmental website, Index Mundi…) and secondly to understand if obesity was a real issue in the country despite of the rate (Pub med, Google Scholar…). 
My first step will be to do  a therapeutic fasting in Bulgaria and then cross Turkey, Georgia and Armenia to go to Asia. I will cross Central Asia to understand why the rates are so high and then the South and East Asia. It will be  a crucial stage of my trip because this region has the lowest obesity rate in the world. The Japan’s paradox had to stand on my route because the obesity is controlled and theoretically “illegal” while Sumos are deified.
A long stop in New Zealand will teach me more about the huge obesity rates present in the pacific islands. It will also give me the opportunity to work there with a working holiday visa.
Afterwards, I will continue my awareness campaign in South America where the fight against obesity rages since years due to the sharp increase in the number of obese people.
Finally, I will go across Mexico (1st rank in the percentage of obesity) and the United States (1st rank in the number of obese people) to arrive in Canada where I discovered obesity. 

Here you can check a quick summary of my timetable around the world followed by the percentage of obese people in each country.

Country
Estimated time (days)
Obesity  (%)
Bulgaria
25
20
Turkey
20
27
Georgia
15
24
Armenia
18
22



Total Europe
78




Kazakhstan
14
23.7
Kyrgyzstan
20
15.5
India
30
1.2
Nepal
20
1.4
Burma
28
4
Thailand
25
8.8
Cambodia
25
2.1
Laos
20
2.6
Vietnam
35
1.6
Malaysia
20
15
Japan
35
5



Total Asia
272




New Zealand
200
30



Argentina
40
29
Chile
40
29
Bolivia
35
18
Peru
40
16



Total South America
155




Mexico
40
32.8
United States
40
31.8
Canada
40
26



Total North America
120




Total World
825=2 years and 6 months  


The time in each country may seem important but it is for me the minimum to really dive into the culture. I need to get closer to local organizations and to interview enough people! 
In one word it is necessary to accomplish my project!  


To see more clearly the differences between the countries, you can check the graph below.