YKAMPALA — In an effort to raise awareness about the rising rate of obesity in America, citizens of Uganda are showing solidarity by refraining from any sort of physical activity for 30 straight hours; an event known as the ‘30 Hour No Sweat.’

A Ugandan spokesman for the charity told the press, “It’s all about making people in Uganda aware of the terrible issues that are taking place globally.”

“Right now a lot of people are suffering in America from a lack of having to do any sort of physical activity at all and having too much food intake, and we need to raise this issue on Uganda’s moral conscience,” added the group’s spokesman.

Organizers of the charity say that the issues of low self-esteem and feeling uncomfortable in most standard-size chairs in cars, movie theatres, and airplanes are big concerns for the Ugandan charity.

“Some Americans want to go on vacation, but they don’t feel like it because the seats on most airplanes are slightly uncomfortable, and they are worried about people staring while they eat their in-flight meal. Something has to be done.”

Some are even taking their solidarity with American social issues to the extreme by also partaking in the overeating of fatty, high-calorie foods and sugary soft drinks. “We want to show Americans that they are not alone in their pain,” said the spokesman.

The Ugandan charity will be raising money to build gyms in the state of Mississippi, where the obesity rate amongst adults is currently 31.7 per cent.