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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)
List of countries by obesity rate; References This page was last edited on 6 January 2025, at 03:05 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Mexico passed the United States as the most obese country in the world. [4] The prevalence of overweight and obesity is 16.7% in preschool children, 26.2% in school children, and 30.9% in adolescents. For adults, the prevalence of overweight and obesity is 39.7 and 29.9%, respectively. [13]
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Obesity-related costs are responsible for 1%-3% of all health expenditures in most countries, with that figure jumping to somewhere in the 5%-10% range for the U.S. which tops the list of most ...
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Obesity is one of the leading preventable causes of death worldwide. [38] [39] [40] The mortality risk is lowest at a BMI of 20–25 kg/m 2 [41] [37] [42] in non-smokers and at 24–27 kg/m 2 in current smokers, with risk increasing along with changes in either direction. [43] [44] This appears to apply in at least four continents. [42]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that 94.5% of Nauruans are overweight or obese, Nauruans in the age 27-40 years old have a weight more than 100 kg. with an obesity rate of 71.7%. [1] Nauru is known to have the highest rates of obese inhabitants worldwide. [2] The average body weight among Nauruans is approximately 100 ...