Anguilla News covers Anguilla
 |
|
Anguilla News
Bridging
Gaps & Expanding Horizons. |
|
|
|
|
|
Anguilla News covers Anguilla and the wider
Caribbean.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
x |
|
|
|
Three
Caribbean countries among the 20 fattest in the world. |
May 4, 2007: Dominica, Barbados and Trinidad&Tobago have been rated as
having the 11th, 12th and 20th
fattest people in the world.
According to the most recent estimates by the World Health
Organisation (WHO), 71% of Dominicans, 70% of
Barbadians and 68% of Trinidadians are overweight. The
organisation estimates that there are currently 1.6 billion
overweight adults in the world, a number which is projected
to grow by 40% over the next 10 years.
Listed below are the percentage of overweight adults
aged 15 and over in the top 100 fattest countries . These
are individuals who have individual body mass indexes, which
measures weight relative to height, greater than or equal to
25. Obese is defined as having a BMI greater than or equal
to 30.
|
Advertisement - Article continues
below
|
|
Rank |
Country |
% |
| 1. |
Nauru |
94.5 |
| 2. |
Micronesia, Federated States of |
91.1 |
| 3. |
Cook
Islands |
90.9 |
| 4. |
Tonga |
90.8 |
| 5. |
Niue |
81.7 |
| 6. |
Samoa |
80.4 |
| 7. |
Palau |
78.4 |
| 8. |
Kuwait |
74.2 |
| 9. |
United States |
74.1 |
| 10. |
Kiribati |
73.6 |
|
11. |
Dominica |
71.0 |
|
12. |
Barbados |
69.7 |
| 13. |
Argentina |
69.4 |
| 14. |
Egypt |
69.4 |
| 15. |
Malta |
68.7 |
| 16. |
Greece |
68.5 |
| 17. |
New
Zealand |
68.4 |
| 18. |
United Arab Emirates |
68.3 |
| 19. |
Mexico |
68.1 |
|
20. |
Trinidad and Tobago |
67.9 |
| 21. |
Australia |
67.4 |
| 22. |
Belarus |
66.8 |
| 23. |
Chile |
65.3 |
| 24. |
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) |
65.2 |
| 25. |
Seychelles |
64.6 |
| 26. |
Bahrain |
64.1 |
| 27. |
Andorra |
63.8 |
| 28. |
United Kingdom |
63.8 |
| 29. |
Saudi
Arabia |
63.5 |
| 30. |
Monaco |
62.4 |
| 31. |
Bolivia |
62.2 |
| 32. |
San
Marino |
62.1 |
| 33. |
Guatemala |
61.2 |
| 34. |
Mongolia |
61.2 |
| 35. |
Canada |
61.1 |
| 36. |
Qatar |
61.0 |
| 37. |
Uruguay |
60.9 |
| 38. |
Jordan |
60.5 |
|
39. |
Bahamas |
60.4 |
| 40. |
Iceland |
60.4 |
| 41. |
Nicaragua |
60.4 |
|
42. |
Cuba |
60.1 |
| 43. |
Germany |
60.1 |
| 44. |
Brunei Darussalam |
59.8 |
| 45. |
Slovenia |
59.8 |
| 46. |
Peru |
59.6 |
| 47. |
Vanuatu |
59.6 |
| 48. |
Finland |
58.7 |
|
49. |
Jamaica |
57.4 |
| 50. |
Israel |
57.3 |
|
51. |
Saint Lucia |
57.3 |
| 52. |
Austria |
57.1 |
| 53. |
Azerbaijan |
57.1 |
| 54. |
Turkey |
56.8 |
| 55. |
Tuvalu |
56.6 |
|
56. |
Dominican Republic |
56.5 |
| 57. |
Slovakia |
56.3 |
| 58. |
Cyprus |
56.2 |
|
59. |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
56.1 |
| 60. |
Costa
Rica |
55.8 |
| 61. |
Colombia |
55.6 |
|
62. |
Antigua and Barbuda |
55.5 |
| 63. |
Switzerland |
55.4 |
| 64. |
Montenegro |
54.9 |
| 65. |
Serbia |
54.9 |
| 66. |
Serbia and Montenegro (The former state union of) |
54.9 |
| 67. |
Albania |
54.8 |
| 68. |
Fiji |
54.8 |
| 69. |
Bulgaria |
54.2 |
| 70. |
Luxembourg |
54.2 |
| 71. |
Croatia |
53.9 |
| 72. |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
53.8 |
| 73. |
Portugal |
53.8 |
| 74. |
Armenia |
53.3 |
|
75. |
Grenada |
53.3 |
| 76. |
South
Africa |
53.3 |
| 77. |
Iran
(Islamic Republic of) |
53.2 |
| 78. |
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
53.2 |
| 79. |
Lithuania |
53.1 |
| 80. |
Lebanon |
53.0 |
| 81. |
Czech
Republic |
52.9 |
| 82. |
Syrian Arab Republic |
52.8 |
| 83. |
Spain |
51.8 |
| 84. |
Hungary |
51.6 |
| 85. |
Panama |
51.4 |
| 86. |
Tunisia |
51.0 |
|
87. |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
50.6 |
| 88. |
Brazil |
50.5 |
| 89. |
Belize |
49.8 |
| 90. |
Sweden |
49.7 |
| 91. |
Norway |
49.1 |
| 92. |
Russian Federation |
49.1 |
| 93. |
El
Salvador |
48.7 |
| 94. |
Lesotho |
48.5 |
| 95. |
Suriname |
47.8 |
| 96. |
Paraguay |
47.7 |
|
97. |
Guyana |
47.5 |
| 98. |
Poland |
47.5 |
| 99. |
Latvia |
47.3 |
|
100. |
The
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
47.2 |
|
|
Anguilla Business Quick Links
|
