12. Vanuatu
Obesity: 32.9%
Diabetes: 16.6%
Rank: 24.75
Like many of what are considered to be the countries with the worst food, unhealthiest cuisines in the world, I would definitely try this country’s national dish. Laplap doesn’t really sound like it would be anything too exciting, and it’s really not! But I have to say, I’m intrigued by the simplicity of the dish. It is made by pounding the roots of taro, yam or even breadfruit into something like a dough. It is then cooked in an underground oven (like many tropical island dishes) with coconut cream and a meat of some sort (typically chicken, beef or pork) and wrapped in taro or—less common—spinach leaves.