World Obesity Atlas 2024 Obesity and its consequences • Global, regional and national estimates of the contribution of obesity to leading non- communicable diseases in adults • Global, regional and national predictions of the effects of obesity on children’s higher risk of non-communicable diseases • 186 national scorecards for child and adult obesity and its consequences March 2024 Compiled by Ti. [...] High BMI and the risk of non-communicable diseases in adults Based on data trends for 2000-2016, and assuming no interventions, the projected rise in the prevalence and numbers of adults with high BMI is shown in Table 1.1. [...] For the present Atlas, we have re-analysed the World Obesity Atlas 2024 17 available data for comparable years from the World Bank (2000-2016) (World Bank, 2024a) and NCD RisC (2000- 2016) (NCD RisC, 2024) in order to examine the rate of increase in GDP in the last two decades, and the rate of increase in the prevalence of high BMI (defined for adults as a BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 and for children as a BMI. [...] High BMI and the risk of non- communicable disease in adults: Analyses of numbers and trends by WHO regions and World Bank income groups This section considers the distribution of high BMI according to WHO region and according to World Bank income group, and the deaths and lost healthy life-years (DALYs) caused by non-communicable disease attributable to high BMI. [...] High BMI and the risk of non- communicable disease in childhood: Analyses of numbers and trends by WHO regions and World Bank income groups This section considers the distribution of high BMI in childhood (age under 20 years) according to WHO region and according to World Bank income group, and the early signs of non-communicable disease they may experience attributable to high BMI.
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Table of Contents
- Afghanistan 43
- Albania 44
- Algeria 45
- Angola 46
- Antigua and Barbuda 47
- Argentina 48
- Armenia 49
- Australia 50
- Austria 51
- Azerbaijan 52
- Bahamas 53
- Bahrain 54
- Bangladesh 55
- Barbados 56
- Belarus 57
- Belgium 58
- Belize 59
- Benin 60
- Bhutan 61
- Bolivia 62
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 63
- Botswana 64
- Brazil 65
- Brunei Darussalam 66
- Bulgaria 67
- Burkina Faso 68
- Burundi 69
- Cabo Verde 70
- Cambodia 71
- Cameroon 72
- Canada 73
- Central African Republic 74
- Chad 75
- Chile 76
- China 77
- China (Hong Kong SAR) 78
- Colombia 79
- Comoros 80
- Congo 81
- Costa Rica 82
- Côte d’Ivoire 83
- Croatia 84
- Cuba 85
- Cyprus 86
- Czechia 87
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 88
- Denmark 89
- Djibouti 90
- Dominican Republic 91
- Ecuador 92
- Egypt 93
- El Salvador 94
- Equatorial Guinea 95
- Eritrea 96
- Estonia 97
- Eswatini 98
- Ethiopia 99
- Fiji 100
- Finland 101
- France 102
- French Polynesia 103
- Gabon 104
- Gambia 105
- Georgia 106
- Germany 107
- Ghana 108
- Greece 109
- Grenada 110
- Guatemala 111
- Guinea 112
- Guinea-Bissau 113
- Guyana 114
- Haiti 115
- Honduras 116
- Hungary 117
- Iceland 118
- India 119
- Indonesia 120
- Iran 121
- Iraq 122
- Ireland 123
- Israel 124
- Italy 125
- Jamaica 126
- Japan 127
- Jordan 128
- Kazakhstan 129
- Kenya 130
- Kiribati 131
- Kuwait 132
- Kyrgyzstan 133
- Lao PDR 134
- Latvia 135
- Lebanon 136
- Lesotho 137
- Liberia 138
- Libya 139
- Lithuania 140
- Luxembourg 141
- Madagascar 142
- Malawi 143
- Malaysia 144
- Maldives 145
- Mali 146
- Malta 147
- Mauritania 148
- Mauritius 149
- Mexico 150
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 151
- Moldova 152
- Mongolia 153
- Montenegro 154
- Morocco 155
- Mozambique 156
- Myanmar 157
- Namibia 158
- Nepal 159
- Netherlands 160
- New Zealand 161
- Nicaragua 162
- Niger 163
- Nigeria 164
- North Macedonia 165
- Norway 166
- Oman 167
- Pakistan 168
- Palestine 169
- Panama 170
- Papua New Guinea 171
- Paraguay 172
- Peru 173
- Philippines 174
- Poland 175
- Portugal 176
- Puerto Rico 177
- Qatar 178
- Romania 179
- Russian Federation 180
- Rwanda 181
- Saint Lucia 182
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 183
- Samoa 184
- Sao Tome and Principe 185
- Saudi Arabia 186
- Senegal 187
- Serbia 188
- Seychelles 189
- Sierra Leone 190
- Singapore 191
- Slovakia 192
- Slovenia 193
- Solomon Islands 194
- Somalia 195
- South Africa 196
- South Korea 197
- Spain 198
- Sri Lanka 199
- Sudan 200
- Suriname 201
- Sweden 202
- Switzerland 203
- Syrian Arab Republic 204
- Taiwan 205
- Tajikistan 206
- Tanzania 207
- Thailand 208
- Timor-Leste 209
- Togo 210
- Tonga 211
- Trinidad and Tobago 212
- Tunisia 213
- Turkey 214
- Turkmenistan 215
- Uganda 216
- Ukraine 217
- United Arab Emirates 218
- United Kingdom 219
- United States of America 220
- Uruguay 221
- Uzbekistan 222
- Vanuatu 223
- Venezuela 224
- Viet Nam 225
- Yemen 226
- Zambia 227
- Zimbabwe 228
- List of tables and figures 4
- Foreword 6
- Voices of people living with obesity 7
- Headline findings in the World Obesity Atlas 2024 8
- Section 1: Global overweight and obesity (high BMI) 10
- High BMI and the risk of non-communicable diseases in adults 10
- Early signs of non-communicable diseases in childhood 14
- Obesity and the health of the planet 17
- Section 2. High BMI and the risk of non-communicable disease in adults: Analyses of numbers and trends by WHO regions and World Bank income groups 24
- WHO regional data 24
- World Bank income groups 27
- Section 3. High BMI and the risk of non-communicable disease in childhood: Analyses of numbers and trends by WHO regions and World Bank income groups 32
- WHO regional data 32
- World Bank income group data 34
- Section 4. Accelerating action on Obesity: catalysing a multi-sectoral approach 38
- Section 5: Country scorecards 41
- Annex 1: Sources of data 230
- Annex 2: Comparison of LMICs with High income countries 234
