They found that obesity rates have doubled among adults since 1990 and quadrupled among children and adolescents. Our map below shows which countries have the highest rates. Obesity is typically ...

The obesity rate among British adults increased from 13.8% in 1990 to 28.3% in 2022 for women and 10.7% to 26.9% for men. However, according to the most recent figures from WHO, countries with the ...

It’s true that, worldwide, obesity continues to rise. But in high-income countries, such as the U.S., the rate of increase in body mass index, or BMI, has actually been slowing, even beginning ...

with obesity affecting roughly 70% of people living in these island countries. Over the last 20 years, obesity rates around the world have significantly increased. Between 1990 and 2022, more than 200 ...

Obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure remain on the rise in U.S. Among high-income countries, America had the highest rates of obesity, results show. About 42% of men and 46% of women in the U.S ...

Male obesity rates are higher in countries like United States ... to lose weight once they’ve become ill due to diabetes, high blood pressure or heart ailments. Fielding, who called obesity ...

But when it comes to European countries, research suggests the ... This theory fits with the UK’s high obesity rate, as Cecchini’s report also found that just one in three adults in the ...