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DEFINITION:
This entry gives the percent of a country's population considered to be obese. Obesity is defined as an adult having a Body Mass Index (BMI) greater to or equal to 30.0. BMI is calculated by taking a person's weight in kg and dividing it by the person's squared height in meters.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Iraq | 27% | 2008 | ||
2 | Yemen | 14.5% | 2008 | ||
3 | Haiti | 7.9% | 2008 | ||
4 | Zimbabwe | 7% | 2008 | ||
5 | Nigeria | 6.5% | 2008 | ||
6 | Cote d'Ivoire | 6.2% | 2008 | ||
7 | Sudan | 6% | 2008 | ||
8 | Pakistan | 5.5% | 2008 | ||
9 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.9% | 2008 | ||
10 | Somalia | 4.8% | 2008 | ||
11 | Guinea | 4.4% | 2008 | ||
12 | Central African Republic | 3.5% | 2008 | ||
13 | Chad | 2.7% | 2008 | ||
14 | Afghanistan | 2.2% | 2008 | ||
15 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.7% | 2008 |