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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
English: Original Description: This chart compares figures in the population of OECD countries (plus the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Mexico); it shows the percentage of total population (aged 15 and above) with a body mass index greater than 30.
Obesity has been observed throughout human history. Many early depictions of the human form in art and sculpture appear obese. [2] However, it was not until the 20th century that obesity became common — so much so that, in 1997, the World Health Organization (WHO) formally recognized obesity as a global epidemic [3] and estimated that the worldwide prevalence of obesity has nearly tripled ...
In 2019/20, there were just over one million hospital admissions in England where obesity was a factor, a 17% rise on 2018/19. Obesity at ‘epidemic proportions’ in Europe, World Health ...
[30] [222] [223] The OECD has projected an increase in obesity rates until at least 2030, especially in the United States, Mexico and England with rates reaching 47%, 39% and 35%, respectively. [224] Once considered a problem only of high-income countries, obesity rates are rising worldwide and affecting both the developed and developing world ...
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The UK had the fifth highest rate of obesity in Europe in 2015. 24.9% of the adult population had a body mass index of 30 or more. [75] In 2016 according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development nearly 27% of adults in the United Kingdom were obese, the highest proportion in Western Europe and a 92% increase since 1996. [76]
The obesity level in men in the canton of Zurich is considered a main contributing factor to the fact that only 54.1% of men there are deemed fit enough for military duty. Inactivity has been blamed for the lack of physical fitness in men. In addition, physical symptoms like back pain, obesity and asthma are frequently reported. [4]