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23-September-2010
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Obesity rates are high in Australia, relative to most OECD countries, and they have been increasing faster than in any other OECD country in the last 20 years. One in 2 people is overweight in Australia.
23-September-2010
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Obesity rates in Sweden are low relative to most OECD countries. One person in 10 is obese in Sweden, but over 1 in 2 men and 1 in 3 women are overweight.
23-September-2010
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Overweight and obesity rates in Mexico are among the highest of the OECD area. Two in 3 men and almost 3 in 4 women are currently overweight.
23-September-2010
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Obesity rates in Korea are among the lowest in the OECD, but have been increasing steadily.
23-September-2010
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1. Overweight rates in Brazil are higher than the OECD average. Almost 1 in 2 men and and over 1 in 2 women are overweight in Brazil.
23-September-2010
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Soaring obesity rates make the US the fattest country in the OECD. Overweight and obesity rates have increased steadily since the 1980s in both men and women. Three out of four people are projected by the OECD to be overweight or obese within 10 years.
23-September-2010
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After the political transition rates of obesity rose in the Russian Federation. Currently, half of the population is overweight, 1 in 4 women and one in 10 men are obese.
20-September-2010
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Fit not fat: Country facts Spain (in Spanish)
20-September-2010
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Fit not fat: Country facts Italy (in Italian)
20-September-2010
Spanish, , 355kb
Fit not fat: Country facts Mexico (in Spanish)
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