The two numbers that sum up the world: the obesity rate and the divorce rate What does the obesity rate mean? To me, it's a number that shows how much a group of people love and respect their own bodies. What does the divorce rate mean? To me, it's a number that shows much a group of people love and respect their own spouses. And those numbers are horrifically bad in America. They show that America is fucked. Because, if a people is incapable of loving and respecting their own bodies and their own spouses, then what can they love?