The Fat Path

Hi 38 VOL 07 ISSUE 25 / SEPTEMBER 27, 2013 GRAPICS WEEKLY MISCELLANEA THIS WEEK'S USEFUL INFO Men Africa Women Eritrea Ethiopia Congo (DR) Burundi Central African Rep. Rwanda Middle East Kenya Malta Yemen Zambia Greece Countries in Iraq Uganda which over 90% Belarus Oman Burkina Faso of population is obese United Kingdom Iran Mozambique Andorra Syria Chad San Marino Israel Somalia Monaco Lebanon Gambia Croatia Jordan Madagascar Germany Qatar Niger Iceland Bahrain Congo Slovakia Saudi Arabia Guinea-Bissau Austria United Arab Emirates Malawi Cyprus Kuwait Tanzania Finland Sao Tome and Principe Year 2002 Czech Republic Sudan Key 2005 Serbia and Montenegro Mali 2010 Lithuania Cote d'Ivoire Bulgaria Obese percentage population (%) Djibouti Turkey O 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 90 100 Guinea Spain Togo Switzerland General decrease in fat percentage Namibia THE FAT PATH Luxembourg Senegal Bosnia and Herzegovina Nigeria Armenia Benin Albania Angola Azerbaijan Comoros Russian Federation Ghana Portugal Zimbabwe Sweden Shows an Sierra Leone increase in Poland Liberia male obesity Norway Gabon Obesity is defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that presents a risk to health. A measure of obesity is the body mass index (BMI), a person's weight (in kilograms) divided by the square of his or her height (in metres). A person with a BMI of 30 or more is considered obese. Ireland Cameroon Hungary Maldives Belgium Algeria Estonia Cape Verde Denmark Swaziland America Italy Mauritania Netherlands Botswana Macedonia Equatorial Guinea Georgia Mauritius Ukraine Average Tunisia Latvia Morocco France Lesotho Kazakhstan South Africa Moldova Libya Romania Europe Seychelles Kyrgyzstan Egypt Europe SOURCE: THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION DATABASE GRAPHIC: MARCELO DUHALDE | America Haiti Honduras Belize Ecuador El Salvador Guyana Panama Paraguay Suriname Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Oceania Brazil Papua New Guinea Grenada Antigua and Barbuda Costa Rica Dominican Republic Saint Lucia Jamaica Colombia Cuba Bahamas Brunei Canada Mongolia Saint Kitts and Nevis Uzbekistan Nicaragua Turkmenistan Uruguay South Korea Bolivia Timor-Leste Guatemala Middle East North Korea Peru Laos Oceania Chile Bhutan Venezuela China Mexico Tajikistan Trinidad and Tobago Myanmar Barbados Malaysia Argentina Thailand Dominica Singapore Africa United States Asia Philippines Japan Pakistan India Afghanistan Indonesia Cambodia Nepal Viet Nam Sri Lanka Bangladesh Asia