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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
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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]
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None of them arm are in Europe or the U.S. -- and the Asian country topping the list may surprise you.
A 2007 study shows Germany had the highest number of overweight people in Europe. [5] [6] However, the United Kingdom, Greece and certain countries in Eastern Europe have a higher rate of "truly obese" people. [7] In 2007, The German obesity rate was considered at the same level as with the American obesity rate. [8]