Obesity in OECD Countries

Obesity rates - OECD Countries 2008
Obesity rates are defined as the percentage of the population with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of over 30 kg/m2. The BMI is a single number that evaluates an individual's weight status in relation to height (weight/height2, with weight in kilograms and height in meters).


 * \1 2007 data.
 * \2 2006 data.
 * \3 2005 data.
 * \4 2003 data.
 * \5 2004 data.

For the United States, Australia, Canada, Ireland, Japan, South Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, New Zealand, Slovakia, and the United Kingdom, figures are based on health examinations, rather than self-reported information. Obesity estimates derived from health examinations are generally higher and more reliable than those coming from self-reports because they preclude any misreporting of people's height and weight. However, health examinations are only conducted regularly in a few countries.

Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), 2011, "OECD Health Data"

Obesity

World obesity