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  2. List of countries by obesity rate - Wikipedia

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    The data is from the World Health Organization. [1] Rank Country Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI≥30) 1 Tonga: 70.54 2 Nauru: 70.18 3 Tuvalu: 63.93 4 Samoa ...

  3. List of sovereign states by body mass index - Wikipedia

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    Countries by BMI: >30 28.1–30 ... The data for mean body mass index by country was published by the World Health Organization. The list below refers to year 2014. Data

  4. Body mass index - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 December 2024. Relative weight based on mass and height Medical diagnostic method Body mass index (BMI) Chart showing body mass index (BMI) for a range of heights and weights in both metric and imperial. Colours indicate BMI categories defined by the World Health Organization ; underweight, normal ...

  5. Overweight vs. Obesity: Do You Really Know the Difference? - AOL

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    The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that obesity rates have more than doubled worldwide since 1990 and that currently, around 890 million people live with obesity. These obesity statistics ...

  6. BMI vs. Body Fat Percentage: What’s the Difference ... - AOL

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    Individual vs. Population Use: BMI is more useful for population studies and screening, as it provides a quick way to assess potential health risks across large groups. Body fat percentage is more ...

  7. BMI vs. Body Fat: What's More Important? - AOL

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    To calculate BMI, divide a person’s weight in kilograms by their height in meters squared. Translated into imperial, that’s a person’s weight in pounds divided by their height in inches ...

  8. Epidemiology of obesity - Wikipedia

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    In 2014, the mean BMI in 128 countries was above the threshold for overweight. [7] Globally, there are now more people who are obese than who are underweight, a trend observed in every region over the world except parts of sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. [8] In 2013, an estimated 2.1 billion adults were overweight, as compared with 857 million in ...

  9. Overweight people now outnumber underweight people in the world

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    A new study found that the number of overweight people is now greater than the number of underweight people in the world.