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Rank Country Percentage of adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30) 1 Tonga: 70.54 2 Nauru: 70.18 3 Tuvalu: 63.93 4 Samoa: 61.24 5 The Bahamas: 47.61 6 Marshall Islands: 47.29
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 1980. [9] Of adults who are overweight, 31% are obese. [8]
In 2014, more than 600 million adults were obese, equal to about 13 percent of the world's adult population, [218] with that figure growing to 16% by 2022, according to the World Health Organisation [219] The percentage of adults affected in the United States as of 2015–2016 is about 39.6% overall (37.9% of males and 41.1% of females). [220]
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 ...
The data for mean body mass index by country was published by the World Health Organization. The list below refers to year 2014. ... 20.1: 21.0 See also. List of ...
A new study found that the number of overweight people is now greater than the number of underweight people in the world.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 January 2025. 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 ...
According to WHO data, Britain has the third-highest level of obesity among European nations.