Every tenth person in the world is now obese according to a new study jointly carried out by two of the most well respected colleges in the world. Harvard in Massachusetts and London’s Imperial College set about the task of looking at data collected between 1980 and 2008.
The study mainly looks at Body Mass Index or BMI which gives an accurate indication of how fat a person is. The definition of obesity is having a BMI of over 30kg per msq. The study did look also at high blood pressure and cholesterol levels and found that both of these had fallen, however levels of obesity have increased across the globe.
These are some of the figures that came out of the survey. In the latest available figures, 2008, the survey found that 9.8% of males and 13.8% of females suffered from obesity. Men and women in the UK came sixth and ninth respectively against European countries with respect to their body mass index or BMI. The highest rates of obesity were found amongst the Pacific Islanders with 34-35kg per msq BMI and these rates were found to be 70% greater than those found in south East Asian and sub Saharan African nations.
With regards to high rates of cholesterol and blood pressure wealthier nations had managed to reduce both. North American males and Australian females both made significant drops in blood pressure, whereas blood pressure levels were highest in Africa and the Baltic states. UK adults made less of a reduction in blood pressure than comparative European countries.
Looks like the whole world should be looking to try and lose weight.
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