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Obesity rates worldwide

Data collated from various published sources and quoted in 'Food Manufacturing: Obesity – the big issue' (J P Morgan European Equity Research)

Obesity rates worldwide chart

Comparison of percentages of population classified as obese.

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Data tables

Percentage of people classified as obese

		% obese
		female	male
USA	1999-2000	34	27.7
Argentina	1997	25.4	28.4
Mexico	-	25.1	14.9
Russia	-	25	10
England	2001	23.5	21.0
Germany	1991	19.3	17.2
Finland	-	19	20
Spain	1997	15.2	11.5
Italy	1999	9.9	9.5
France	1995-1996	7.0	8.0

Percentage of people classified as overweight

		% overweight
		female	male
England	2001	43.0	46.5
Spain	1997	40.0	48.0
Mexico	-	37.1	41.4
Finland	-	33	48
Russia	-	31	35
Argentina	1997	29.2	38.9
USA	1999-2000	28	39.3
Italy	1999	25.7	41.0
France	1995-1996	20.3	35.0
Germany	1991	-	-

NB: data are not necessarily directly comparable due to different years of survey and varying age ranges.

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