MOST OBESE COUNTRIES
TOP 10 COUNTRIES SUFFERING FROM OBESITY
Published By Livemint
| 05 Dec, 2022
South and central Pacific microstates top the list of countries with the highest prevalence of obesity.
More than 40.7% of the people living in Kuwait were overweight.
The rates of increase in adult obesity over the last two decades were 2.4% for men and 1.1% for women in Qatar.
Saudi Arabia ranks 4th in this list of countries with the highest prevalence of obesity.
US ranks 5th in the list with over 37.3% of the adult population being overweight.
The share of the adult population suffering from obesity in Jordan is over 36.9%.
Over 36.5% of the adult population of Bermuda in the North Atlantic Ocean are obese.
In UAE over 35.5% of the adult population are overweight, ranking 8th on the list.
Over 35.3% of the Puerto Rican adult population is obese.
Lebanon ranking last in this list has over 33.4% of obese population.