Nauru es un pequeño país insular en Micronesia, al noreste de Australia, y tiene la peculiaridad de ser el país con más obesos del mundo.
En Nauru, la obesidad afecta al 61,0% de la población adulta, según los datos más recientes disponibles de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) al 26 de marzo de 2020.
La población de Nauru tiene menos de 10.000 habitantes. Sin embargo, el 61 por ciento de su número total de residentes tiene un IMC (gordura) de más de 30 %.
El vecino más cercano de Nauru es la isla de Banaba en Kiribati, a 300 kilómetros (186 millas) al este.
Con 9.378 residentes en un área de 21 kilómetros cuadrados (8,1 millas cuadradas), Nauru es el estado más pequeño del Pacífico Sur y el segundo estado más pequeño por población del mundo, solo detrás de la Ciudad del Vaticano.
Entre los países de la OCDE, Estados Unidos es el más obeso (36,2%).
Vietnam es el país menos obeso con un 2,1% de la población clasificada como obesa.
Según la OMS, más de 1.900 millones de adultos en todo el mundo tenían sobrepeso, incluidos 650 millones que eran obesos, en 2016.
La prevalencia de la obesidad se triplicó en todo el mundo entre 1975 y 2020.
La lista global:
| Global Ranking | Pais | % de populación adulta y obesos |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nauru | 61.0% |
| 2 | Cook Islands | 55.9% |
| 3 | Palau | 55.3% |
| 4 | Marshall Islands | 52.9% |
| 5 | Tuvalu | 51.6% |
| 6 | Niue | 50.0% |
| 7 | Tonga | 48.2% |
| 8 | Samoa | 47.3% |
| 9 | Kiribati | 46.0% |
| 10 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 45.8% |
| 11 | Kuwait | 37.9% |
| 12 | United States of America | 36.2% |
| 13 | Jordan | 35.5% |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia | 35.4% |
| 15 | Qatar | 35.1% |
| 16 | Libya | 32.5% |
| 17 | Turkey | 32.1% |
| 18 | Egypt | 32.0% |
| 18 | Lebanon | 33.7% |
| 20 | United Arab Emirates | 31.7% |
| 21 | Bahamas | 31.6% |
| 22 | New Zealand | 30.8% |
| 23 | Iraq | 30.4% |
| 24 | Fiji | 30.2% |
| 25 | Bahrain | 29.8% |
| 26 | Canada | 29.4% |
| 27 | Australia | 29.0% |
| 28 | Malta | 28.9% |
| 28 | Mexico | 28.9% |
| 30 | Argentina | 28.3% |
| 30 | South Africa | 28.3% |
| 32 | Chile | 28.0% |
| 33 | Dominica | 27.9% |
| 33 | Uruguay | 27.9% |
| 33 | Syrian Arab Republic | 27.8% |
| 33 | United Kingdom | 27.8% |
| 37 | Dominican Republic | 27.6% |
| 38 | Algeria | 27.4% |
| 39 | Oman | 27.0% |
| 40 | Tunisia | 26.9% |
| 41 | Hungary | 26.4% |
| 41 | Suriname | 26.4% |
| 43 | Lithuania | 26.3% |
| 44 | Israel | 26.1% |
| 44 | Morocco | 26.1% |
| 46 | Czechia | 26.0% |
| 47 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 25.8% |
| 48 | Costa Rica | 25.7% |
| 49 | Andorra | 25.6% |
| 49 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 25.6% |
| 51 | Ireland | 25.3% |
| 52 | Vanatu | 25.2% |
| 53 | Bulgaria | 25.0% |
| 54 | Greece | 24.9% |
| 55 | Jamaica | 24.7% |
| 56 | Cuba | 24.6% |
| 56 | El Salvador | 24.6% |
| 58 | Belarus | 24.5% |
| 59 | Croatia | 24.4% |
| 60 | Belize | 24.1% |
| 61 | Ukraine | 24.1% |
| 62 | Spain | 23.8% |
| 63 | Nicaragua | 23.7% |
| 63 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 24.1% |
| 65 | Latvia | 23.6% |
| 66 | Montenegro | 23.3% |
| 67 | Barbados | 23.1% |
| 67 | Norway | 23.1% |
| 67 | Poland | 23.1% |
| 67 | Russian Federation | 23.1% |
| 71 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 22.9% |
| 72 | Haiti | 22.7% |
| 72 | Panama | 22.7% |
| 74 | Luxembourg | 22.6% |
| 75 | Romania | 22.5% |
| 75 | Solomon Islands | 22.5% |
| 77 | The former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia | 22.4% |
| 78 | Colombia | 22.3% |
| 78 | Germany | 22.3% |
| 80 | Finland | 22.2% |
| 81 | Belgium | 22.1% |
| 81 | Brazil | 22.1% |
| 83 | Iceland | 21.9% |
| 84 | Cyprus | 21.8% |
| 85 | Albania | 21.7% |
| 85 | Georgia | 21.7% |
| 87 | France | 21.6% |
| 88 | Serbia | 21.5% |
| 89 | Honduras | 21.4% |
| 90 | Grenada | 21.3% |
| 90 | Papua New Guinea | 21.3% |
| 92 | Estonia | 21.2% |
| 92 | Guatemala | 21.2% |
| 94 | Kazakhstan | 21.0% |
| 95 | Portugal | 20.8% |
| 96 | Mongolia | 20.6% |
| 96 | Sweden | 20.6% |
| 98 | Slovakia | 20.5% |
| 99 | Netherlands | 20.4% |
| 100 | Paraguay | 20.3% |
| 101 | Armenia | 20.2% |
| 101 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 20.2% |
| 101 | Guyana | 20.2% |
| 101 | Slovenia | 20.2% |
| 105 | Austria | 20.1% |
| 106 | Azerbaijan | 19.9% |
| 106 | Ecuador | 19.9% |
| 106 | Italy | 19.9% |
| 109 | Denmark | 19.7% |
| 109 | Peru | 19.7% |
| 109 | Saint Lucia | 19.7% |
| 112 | Switzerland | 19.5% |
| 113 | Antigua and Barbuda | 18.9% |
| 113 | Botswana | 18.9% |
| 113 | Republic of Moldova | 18.9% |
| 116 | Trinidad and Tobago | 18.6% |
| 116 | Turkmenistan | 18.6% |
| 118 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 17.9% |
| 119 | Namibia | 17.2% |
| 120 | Yemen | 17.1% |
| 121 | Kyrgyzstan | 16.6% |
| 121 | Lesotho | 16.6% |
| 121 | Uzbekistan | 16.6% |
| 124 | Swaziland | 16.5% |
| 125 | Malaysia | 15.6% |
| 126 | Zimbabwe | 15.5% |
| 127 | Gabon | 15.0% |
| 128 | Tajikistan | 14.2% |
| 129 | Brunei Darussalam | 14.1% |
| 130 | Seychelles | 14.0% |
| 131 | Djibouti | 13.5% |
| 132 | Mauritania | 12.7% |
| 133 | Sao Tome and Principe | 12.4% |
| 134 | Cabo Verde | 11.8% |
| 135 | Cameroon | 11.4% |
| 136 | Ghana | 10.9% |
| 137 | Mauritius | 10.8% |
| 138 | Côte d’Ivoire | 10.3% |
| 138 | Gambia | 10.3% |
| 140 | Thailand | 10.0% |
| 141 | Liberia | 9.9% |
| 142 | Benin | 9.6% |
| 142 | Congo | 9.6% |
| 144 | Guinea-Bissau | 9.5% |
| 145 | Nigeria | 8.9% |
| 146 | Senegal | 8.8% |
| 147 | Sierra Leone | 8.7% |
| 148 | Maldives | 8.6% |
| 148 | Mali | 8.6% |
| 148 | Pakistan | 8.6% |
| 148 | Sudan (former) | 8.6% |
| 152 | Togo | 8.4% |
| 152 | United Republic of Tanzania | 8.4% |
| 154 | Somalia | 8.3% |
| 155 | Angola | 8.2% |
| 156 | Zambia | 8.1% |
| 157 | Equatorial Guinea | 8.0% |
| 158 | Comoros | 7.8% |
| 159 | Guinea | 7.7% |
| 160 | Central African Republic | 7.5% |
| 161 | Mozambique | 7.2% |
| 162 | Kenya | 7.1% |
| 163 | Indonesia | 6.9% |
| 164 | Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | 6.8% |
| 165 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6.7% |
| 166 | Bhutan | 6.4% |
| 166 | Philippines | 6.4% |
| 168 | China | 6.2% |
| 169 | Chad | 6.1% |
| 169 | Singapore | 6.1% |
| 171 | Malawi | 5.8% |
| 171 | Myanmar | 5.8% |
| 171 | Rwanda | 5.8% |
| 174 | Burkina Faso | 5.6% |
| 175 | Afghanistan | 5.5% |
| 175 | Niger | 5.5% |
| 177 | Burundi | 5.4% |
| 178 | Lao People’s Democratic Republic | 5.3% |
| 178 | Madagascar | 5.3% |
| 178 | Uganda | 5.3% |
| 181 | Sri Lanka | 5.2% |
| 182 | Eritrea | 5.0% |
| 183 | Republic of Korea | 4.7% |
| 184 | Ethiopia | 4.5% |
| 185 | Japan | 4.3% |
| 186 | Nepal | 4.1% |
| 187 | Cambodia | 3.9% |
| 187 | India | 3.9% |
| 189 | Timor-Leste | 3.8% |
| 190 | Bangladesh | 3.6% |
| 191 | Viet Nam | 2.1% |
A escala mundial, el número de obesos es de 2,1 mil millones o alrededor del 30 por ciento de la población total.
Esta estadística sigue creciendo a medida que prevalecen los hábitos alimentarios y estilos de vida poco saludables.
Según los informes, alrededor de 3 millones mueren anualmente a causa de enfermedades relacionadas con la obesidad, incluidas las enfermedades cardíacas, el cáncer y la diabetes.
Cuando se habla de paises, los Estados Unidos son los lideres de la obesidad.
Fuente: obesity.procon.org
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