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This is a list of countries by obesity rate, with data from the World Health Organization (WHO), as of 2022. World Health Organization (2022 data)
indicates "Health in COUNTRY or TERRITORY" links. Mean BMI (kg/m 2), World Health Organization (WHO), 2014 [1] Country Both Male Female
Pages in category "Obesity by country" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Obesity in Argentina;
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 ...
Prevalence of obesity in the adult population, top countries (2016), the United States has the tenth highest rate in the world. The CDC defines an adult (a person aged 20 years or greater) with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or greater as obese and an adult with a BMI of 25.0 to 29.9 as overweight. [2]
Country may have reached its peak for obesity levels, ... Government figures from last May show 64 per cent of adults in England were estimated to be overweight or obese in 2022 to 2023, compared ...
The MONICA Project, sponsored by the World Health Organization, found that 30% of the population in the Arab World is overweight or obese, including adolescents and adults. [7] This percentage is smaller for North African countries than oil-producing countries, but is still a prevalent trend. [4]
Then, a confluence of events started to change the human condition. The average BMI of populations in first-world countries started to increase, and consequently there was a rapid increase in the proportion of people overweight and obese. [216] In 1997, the WHO formally recognized obesity as a global epidemic. [115]