The Obesity Report: The Fattest Country No More: U.S. No Longer Atop The List

Friday, April 6, 2012

The Fattest Country No More: U.S. No Longer Atop The List

It's not exactly good news, but the United States is no longer the world's fattest nation. It turns out that the rest of the world is gaining on US, putting on more weight at a faster pace.

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Overweight and Obesity

WHO/C.de Bode. Overweight and obesity are defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that presents a risk to health. A crude population 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 generally considered obese. A person with a BMI equal to or more than 25 is considered overweight.

Overweight and obesity are major risk factors for a number of chronic diseases, including diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Once considered a problem only in high income countries, overweight and obesity are now dramatically on the rise in low- and middle-income countries, particularly in urban settings.