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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)
Mean BMI (kg/m 2), World Health Organization (WHO), 2014 [1] Country Both Male Female
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 ...
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 ...
A new study found that the number of overweight people is now greater than the number of underweight people in the world.
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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 ]
According to national surveys, about 42% of U.S. women have obesity and an additional 27% are overweight. Though the U.S. may be leading the charge, one in eight adults around the world now live ...