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RISK FACTORS
Body weight and composition
Obese population
% of females with BMI>30 kg/m2
Source: OECD Health Division
Definition: Overweight population/ Obese population/ Overweight or obese population
Data last updated: April 19, 2007
Data available From 1978 to 2005
1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Australia 7.7 d 10.1 d 11.9 d 19.5 d 21.4 d
Austria 9.0 9.1
Belgium 10.8 12.2 13.4
Canada 12.3 10.7 13.3 13.2 b 13.3 19.0
Czech Republic 12.2 12.1 13.5 16.1 17.0 d
Denmark 7.0 9.1 11.8
Finland 7.3 7.3 8.1 7.8 7.4 7.0 7.9 6.8 7.8 7.9 7.6 8.2 8.8 8.4 8.3 7.4 9.9 9.7 9.4 9.1 8.8 10.5 11.0 10.3 11.7 11.7 14.0 13.5
France 5.9 5.6 6.8 6.6 6.3 6.8 8.9 7.3 8.1 9.0 9.1 9.3
Germany 11.0 12.3 12.8
Greece 18.2
Hungary 18.5 18.0
Iceland 8.5 12.4
Ireland 9.0 12.0
Italy 6.7 8.8 8.4 8.4 8.3 8.7 9.7
Japan 2.9 2.4 2.8 2.6 2.9 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.9 2.4 2.5 2.8 2.6 3.0 2.7 2.6 3.0 3.2 3.3 3.7 3.1 3.4 3.4 3.8 3.7 3.2
Korea 2.7 3.5 3.3
Luxembourg 14.9 15.5 15.3 16.3 16.8 16.6 18.2 17.1 18.5
Mexico 28.6 34.7
Netherlands 6.2 5.9 5.7 6.4 6.3 6.1 6.4 6.0 7.6 6.9 6.6 7.9 6.7 7.2 8.2 7.9 9.4 9.9 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.8 12.1 12.1 11.4
New Zealand 12.6 d 19.2 d 21.7 d
Norway 4.7 6.0 8.2 8.0
Poland 12.3 12.5
Portugal 12.6 14.0
Slovak Republic 18.4 17.4 15.6
Spain 7.3 8.9 10.7 12.3 13.5 13.4
Sweden 5.2 5.6 7.8 8.3 8.3 9.2 9.2 9.7 9.4 9.9 10.3
Switzerland 4.7 7.0 7.5
Turkey 14.5
United Kingdom 8.0 d 12.0 d 16.0 d 16.0 d 16.4 d 17.3 d 17.5 d 18.4 d 19.7 d 21.2 d 21.1 d 21.4 d 23.5 d 22.8 d 23.0 d 23.2 d 24.2 d
United States 17.0 d 25.9 d 33.4 d 33.3 d 33.2 d
Legend
d : Differences in methodology
b : Break in series
OECD Health Data 2007 - Version: July 07
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