Notes

  • Topic: Health: Nutrition
  • Definition: Prevalence of overweight male adults is the percentage of males ages 18 and over whose Body Mass Index (BMI) is more than 25 kg/m2. Body Mass Index (BMI) is a simple index of weight-for-height, or the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters.
  • Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

List of countries ordered by: Prevalence of overweight, male (% of male adults)


Source: Health Nutrition and Population Statistics - World Bank - Downloaded in August 2017