Global Adult maps with top5 ineach region 000

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Global Prevalence of Obesity in Adult Males North America USA 31% Mexico 19% Canada (self report) 17% Guyana 14% Bahamas 14% South Central America Panama 28% Paraguay 23% Argentina (urban) 20% Uruguay (self report) 17% Dominican Republic 16% Africa South Africa 10% Seychelles 9% Cameroon (urban) 5% Ghana 5% Tanzania (urban) 5% South East Asia andamp; Pacific Region Nauru 80% Tonga 47% Cook Island 41% French Polynesia 36% Samoa 33% Eastern Mediterranean Lebanon 36% Qatar 35% Jordan 33% Kuwait 28% Saudi Arabia 26% European Region Croatia 31% Cyprus 27% Czech Republic 25% Albania (urban) 23% England 23% With examples of the top 5 Countries in each Region With the limited data available, prevalence's are not age standardised. Self reported surveys may underestimate true prevalence. Sources and references are available from the IOTF. © International Obesity TaskForce, London –January 2007

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Global Prevalence of Obesity in Adult Females South East Asia andamp; Pacific Region Nauru 78% Tonga 70% Samoa 63% Niue 46% French Polynesia 44% Africa Seychelles 28% South Africa 28% Ghana 20% Mauritania 19% Cameroon (urban) 14% South Central America Panama 36% Paraguay 36% Peru (urban) 23% Chile (urban) 23% Dominican Republic 18% North America USA 33% Barbados 31% Mexico 29% St Lucia 28% Bahamas 28% Eastern Mediterranean Jordan 60% Qatar 45% Saudi Arabia 44% Palestine 43% Lebanon 38% European Region Albania 36% Malta 35% Turkey 29% Slovakia 28% Czech Republic 26% With examples of the top 5 Countries in each Region With the limited data available, prevalence's are not age standardised. Self reported surveys may underestimate true prevalence. Sources and references are available from the IOTF. © International Obesity TaskForce, London –January 2007