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COUNTRY
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AMOUNT
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DATE
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GRAPH
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1 | United States | 30.6% | 2003 | |
2 | Mexico | 24.2% | 2003 | |
3 | United Kingdom | 23% | 2003 | |
4 | Slovakia | 22.4% | 2003 | |
5 | Greece | 21.9% | 2003 | |
6 | Australia | 21.7% | 2003 | |
7 | New Zealand | 20.9% | 2003 | |
8 | Hungary | 18.8% | 2003 | |
9 | Luxembourg | 18.4% | 2003 | |
10 | Czech Republic | 14.8% | 2003 | |
Group of 7 countries (G7) average | 14.56% | 2003 | ||
11 | Canada | 14.3% | 2003 | |
High income OECD countries average | 13.67% | 2003 | ||
12 | Spain | 13.1% | 2003 | |
13 | Ireland | 13% | 2003 | |
14 | Germany | 12.9% | 2003 | |
=15 | Finland | 12.8% | 2003 | |
=15 | Portugal | 12.8% | 2003 | |
17 | Iceland | 12.4% | 2003 | |
18 | Turkey | 12% | 2003 | |
19 | Belgium | 11.7% | 2003 | |
20 | Netherlands | 10% | 2003 | |
21 | Sweden | 9.7% | 2003 | |
22 | Denmark | 9.5% | 2003 | |
23 | France | 9.4% | 2003 | |
24 | Austria | 9.1% | 2003 | |
25 | Italy | 8.5% | 2003 | |
26 | Norway | 8.3% | 2003 | |
27 | Switzerland | 7.7% | 2003 | |
=28 | Japan | 3.2% | 2003 | |
=28 | South Korea | 3.2% | 2003 |
"Countries Compared by Health > Obesity. International Statistics at NationMaster.com", OECD Health Data 2005. Aggregates compiled by NationMaster. Retrieved from http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Health/Obesity
However, based on the latest 2014 report from OECD (see link below), all education groups have seen an increase in obesity in recent years. In the U.S., for example, the obesity rate in the high education group is even higher than the low education group in Men. At the end of the day, it comes down to healthy eating and physical activity.
http://www.oecd.org/els/health-systems/Obesity-Update-2014.pdf
For example, milk products are important when one is growing, i.e. under the age of 25.
But they are so high in calorie, if people continue the diet habbit, they can easily intake too much calories.
Also it seems the junk food culture in US is a main fator. :(
In general, you need min 1800 calorie (for men) /1200 (for women) to sustain life. If you go over the minimum, you will need to find a way to consume these extra calories, or you will gain weight. It's that simple. :ε)