Obesity by country

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Obesity by country - refers to the prevalence of obesity in different countries around the world. Obesity is a medical condition characterized by an excessive accumulation of body fat, often defined in terms of the Body Mass Index (BMI). A BMI of 30 or above typically indicates obesity. This condition poses significant health risks, including increased chances of heart diseases, type 2 diabetes, certain types of cancer, and can significantly impact an individual's quality of life.

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Causes of Obesity[edit | edit source]

Obesity is caused by a complex interplay of genetic, behavioral, and environmental factors. Key contributors include excessive calorie intake, lack of physical activity, genetics, and certain medical conditions. Socioeconomic factors and lifestyle choices also play a significant role in the prevalence of obesity.

Global Prevalence[edit | edit source]

According to global health data, obesity rates vary significantly by region and country. The prevalence of obesity has been increasing worldwide, making it a major public health challenge of the 21st century.

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Data by Country[edit | edit source]

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Health Impact[edit | edit source]

Obesity significantly increases the risk of numerous health conditions, including:

Prevention and Management[edit | edit source]

Preventing and managing obesity involves a combination of lifestyle changes, medical interventions, and in some cases, surgery. Key strategies include:

  • Balanced diet and controlled calorie intake
  • Regular physical activity
  • Behavior and lifestyle modifications
  • Medical treatments such as weight loss medications

Obesity rate by country[edit | edit source]

Country other name Obesity rate Date of information Ranking Region
Nauru Nauru 61 2016 1 Australia and Oceania
Cook-islands Cook-islands 55.9 2016 2 Australia and Oceania
Palau Palau 55.3 2016 3 Australia and Oceania
Marshall-islands Marshall-islands 52.9 2016 4 Australia and Oceania
Tuvalu Tuvalu 51.6 2016 5 Australia and Oceania
Niue Niue 50 2016 6 Australia and Oceania
Tonga Tonga 48.2 2016 7 Australia and Oceania
Samoa Samoa 47.3 2016 8 Australia and Oceania
Kiribati Kiribati 46 2016 9 Australia and Oceania
Micronesia-federated-states-of Micronesia-federated-states-of 45.8 2016 10 Australia and Oceania
Kuwait Kuwait 37.9 2016 11 Middle East
United-states United-states 36.2 2016 12 North America
Jordan Jordan 35.5 2016 13 Middle East
Saudi-arabia Saudi-arabia 35.4 2016 14 Middle East
Qatar Qatar 35.1 2016 15 Middle East
Libya Libya 32.5 2016 16 Africa
Turkey-turkiye Turkey-turkiye 32.1 2016 17 Middle East
Lebanon Lebanon 32 2016 18 Middle East
Egypt Egypt 32 2016 19 Africa
United-arab-emirates United-arab-emirates 31.7 2016 20 Middle East
Bahamas-the Bahamas-the 31.6 2016 21 Central America and the Caribbean
New-zealand New-zealand 30.8 2016 22 Australia and Oceania
Iraq Iraq 30.4 2016 23 Middle East
Fiji Fiji 30.2 2016 24 Australia and Oceania
Bahrain Bahrain 29.8 2016 25 Middle East
Canada Canada 29.4 2016 26 North America
Australia Australia 29 2016 27 Australia and Oceania
Mexico Mexico 28.9 2016 28 North America
Malta Malta 28.9 2016 29 Europe
South-africa South-africa 28.3 2016 30 Africa
Argentina Argentina 28.3 2016 31 South America
Chile Chile 28 2016 32 South America
Uruguay Uruguay 27.9 2016 33 South America
Dominica Dominica 27.9 2016 34 Central America and the Caribbean
Syria Syria 27.8 2016 35 Middle East
United-kingdom United-kingdom 27.8 2016 36 Europe
Dominican-republic Dominican-republic 27.6 2016 37 Central America and the Caribbean
Algeria Algeria 27.4 2016 38 Africa
Oman Oman 27 2016 39 Middle East
Tunisia Tunisia 26.9 2016 40 Africa
Suriname Suriname 26.4 2016 41 South America
Hungary Hungary 26.4 2016 42 Europe
Lithuania Lithuania 26.3 2016 43 Europe
Morocco Morocco 26.1 2016 44 Africa
Israel Israel 26.1 2016 45 Middle East
Czechia Czechia 26 2016 46 Europe
Iran Iran 25.8 2016 47 Middle East
Costa-rica Costa-rica 25.7 2016 48 Central America and the Caribbean
Venezuela Venezuela 25.6 2016 49 South America
Andorra Andorra 25.6 2016 50 Europe
Ireland Ireland 25.3 2016 51 Europe
Vanuatu Vanuatu 25.2 2016 52 Australia and Oceania
Bulgaria Bulgaria 25 2016 53 Europe
Greece Greece 24.9 2016 54 Europe
Jamaica Jamaica 24.7 2016 55 Central America and the Caribbean
Cuba Cuba 24.6 2016 56 Central America and the Caribbean
El-salvador El-salvador 24.6 2016 57 Central America and the Caribbean
Belarus Belarus 24.5 2016 58 Europe
Croatia Croatia 24.4 2016 59 Europe
Belize Belize 24.1 2016 60 Central America and the Caribbean
Ukraine Ukraine 24.1 2016 61 Europe
Spain Spain 23.8 2016 62 Europe
Nicaragua Nicaragua 23.7 2016 63 Central America and the Caribbean
Saint-vincent-and-the-grenadines Saint-vincent-and-the-grenadines 23.7 2016 64 Central America and the Caribbean
Latvia Latvia 23.6 2016 65 Europe
Montenegro Montenegro 23.3 2016 66 Europe
Norway Norway 23.1 2016 67 Europe
Poland Poland 23.1 2016 68 Europe
Barbados Barbados 23.1 2016 69 Central America and the Caribbean
Russia Russia 23.1 2016 70 Central Asia
Saint-kitts-and-nevis Saint-kitts-and-nevis 22.9 2016 71 Central America and the Caribbean
Haiti Haiti 22.7 2016 72 Central America and the Caribbean
Panama Panama 22.7 2016 73 Central America and the Caribbean
Luxembourg Luxembourg 22.6 2016 74 Europe
Solomon-islands Solomon-islands 22.5 2016 75 Australia and Oceania
Romania Romania 22.5 2016 76 Europe
North-macedonia North-macedonia 22.4 2016 77 Europe
Colombia Colombia 22.3 2016 78 South America
Germany Germany 22.3 2016 79 Europe
Finland Finland 22.2 2016 80 Europe
Brazil Brazil 22.1 2016 81 South America
Belgium Belgium 22.1 2016 82 Europe
Iceland Iceland 21.9 2016 83 Europe
Cyprus Cyprus 21.8 2016 84 Europe
Georgia Georgia 21.7 2016 85 Middle East
Albania Albania 21.7 2016 86 Europe
France France 21.6 2016 87 Europe
Serbia Serbia 21.5 2016 88 Europe
Honduras Honduras 21.4 2016 89 Central America and the Caribbean
Papua-new-guinea Papua-new-guinea 21.3 2016 90 East and Southeast Asia
Grenada Grenada 21.3 2016 91 Central America and the Caribbean
Guatemala Guatemala 21.2 2016 92 Central America and the Caribbean
Estonia Estonia 21.2 2016 93 Europe
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 21 2016 94 Central Asia
Portugal Portugal 20.8 2016 95 Europe
Sweden Sweden 20.6 2016 96 Europe
Mongolia Mongolia 20.6 2016 97 East and Southeast Asia
Slovakia Slovakia 20.5 2016 98 Europe
Netherlands Netherlands 20.4 2016 99 Europe
Paraguay Paraguay 20.3 2016 100 South America
Armenia Armenia 20.2 2016 101 Middle East
Guyana Guyana 20.2 2016 102 South America
Bolivia Bolivia 20.2 2016 103 South America
Slovenia Slovenia 20.2 2016 104 Europe
Austria Austria 20.1 2016 105 Europe
Ecuador Ecuador 19.9 2016 106 South America
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 19.9 2016 107 Middle East
Italy Italy 19.9 2016 108 Europe
Denmark Denmark 19.7 2016 109 Europe
Peru Peru 19.7 2016 110 South America
Saint-lucia Saint-lucia 19.7 2016 111 Central America and the Caribbean
Switzerland Switzerland 19.5 2016 112 Europe
Moldova Moldova 18.9 2016 113 Europe
Botswana Botswana 18.9 2016 114 Africa
Antigua-and-barbuda Antigua-and-barbuda 18.9 2016 115 Central America and the Caribbean
Turkmenistan Turkmenistan 18.6 2016 116 Central Asia
Trinidad-and-tobago Trinidad-and-tobago 18.6 2016 117 Central America and the Caribbean
Bosnia-and-herzegovina Bosnia-and-herzegovina 17.9 2016 118 Europe
Namibia Namibia 17.2 2016 119 Africa
Yemen Yemen 17.1 2016 120 Middle East
Lesotho Lesotho 16.6 2016 121 Africa
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan 16.6 2016 122 Central Asia
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 16.6 2016 123 Central Asia
Eswatini Eswatini 16.5 2016 124 Africa
Malaysia Malaysia 15.6 2016 125 East and Southeast Asia
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 15.5 2016 126 Africa
Gabon Gabon 15 2016 127 Africa
Tajikistan Tajikistan 14.2 2016 128 Central Asia
Brunei Brunei 14.1 2016 129 East and Southeast Asia
Seychelles Seychelles 14 2016 130 Africa
Djibouti Djibouti 13.5 2016 131 Africa
Mauritania Mauritania 12.7 2016 132 Africa
Sao-tome-and-principe Sao-tome-and-principe 12.4 2016 133 Africa
Cabo-verde Cabo-verde 11.8 2016 134 Africa
Cameroon Cameroon 11.4 2016 135 Africa
Ghana Ghana 10.9 2016 136 Africa
Mauritius Mauritius 10.8 2016 137 Africa
Gambia-the Gambia-the 10.3 2016 138 Africa
Cote-divoire Cote-divoire 10.3 2016 139 Africa
Thailand Thailand 10 2016 140 East and Southeast Asia
Liberia Liberia 9.9 2016 141 Africa
Benin Benin 9.6 2016 142 Africa
Congo-republic-of-the Congo-republic-of-the 9.6 2016 143 Africa
Guinea-bissau Guinea-bissau 9.5 2016 144 Africa
Nigeria Nigeria 8.9 2016 145 Africa
Senegal Senegal 8.8 2016 146 Africa
Sierra-leone Sierra-leone 8.7 2016 147 Africa
Pakistan Pakistan 8.6 2016 148 South Asia
Maldives Maldives 8.6 2016 149 South Asia
Mali Mali 8.6 2016 150 Africa
Togo Togo 8.4 2016 151 Africa
Tanzania Tanzania 8.4 2016 152 Africa
Somalia Somalia 8.3 2016 153 Africa
Angola Angola 8.2 2016 154 Africa
Zambia Zambia 8.1 2016 155 Africa
Equatorial-guinea Equatorial-guinea 8 2016 156 Africa
Comoros Comoros 7.8 2016 157 Africa
Guinea Guinea 7.7 2016 158 Africa
Central-african-republic Central-african-republic 7.5 2016 159 Africa
Mozambique Mozambique 7.2 2016 160 Africa
Kenya Kenya 7.1 2016 161 Africa
Indonesia Indonesia 6.9 2016 162 East and Southeast Asia
Korea-north Korea-north 6.8 2016 163 East and Southeast Asia
Congo-democratic-republic-of-the Congo-democratic-republic-of-the 6.7 2016 164 Africa
Sudan Sudan 6.6 2014 165 Africa
South-sudan South-sudan 6.6 2014 166 Africa
Philippines Philippines 6.4 2016 167 East and Southeast Asia
Bhutan Bhutan 6.4 2016 168 South Asia
China China 6.2 2016 169 East and Southeast Asia
Singapore Singapore 6.1 2016 170 East and Southeast Asia
Chad Chad 6.1 2016 171 Africa
Rwanda Rwanda 5.8 2016 172 Africa
Burma Burma 5.8 2016 173 East and Southeast Asia
Malawi Malawi 5.8 2016 174 Africa
Burkina-faso Burkina-faso 5.6 2016 175 Africa
Niger Niger 5.5 2016 176 Africa
Afghanistan Afghanistan 5.5 2016 177 South Asia
Burundi Burundi 5.4 2016 178 Africa
Laos Laos 5.3 2016 179 East and Southeast Asia
Uganda Uganda 5.3 2016 180 Africa
Madagascar Madagascar 5.3 2016 181 Africa
Sri-lanka Sri-lanka 5.2 2016 182 South Asia
Eritrea Eritrea 5 2016 183 Africa
Korea-south Korea-south 4.7 2016 184 East and Southeast Asia
Ethiopia Ethiopia 4.5 2016 185 Africa
Japan Japan 4.3 2016 186 East and Southeast Asia
Nepal Nepal 4.1 2016 187 South Asia
Cambodia Cambodia 3.9 2016 188 East and Southeast Asia
India India 3.9 2016 189 South Asia
Timor-leste Timor-leste 3.8 2016 190 East and Southeast Asia
Bangladesh Bangladesh 3.6 2016 191 South Asia
Vietnam Vietnam 2.1 2016 192 East and Southeast Asia

Summary[edit | edit source]

Obesity is a growing global health issue that requires comprehensive public health strategies, individual lifestyle changes, and medical interventions. Addressing this epidemic involves understanding its causes, recognizing the health risks, and implementing effective prevention and management strategies.

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