Past and projected future overweight rates in selected OECD countries

80%
Proportion overweight

70%

60%

Canada
50% USA England

Spain
40% Austria
Italy
Australia
France
30%
Korea

20%
1970 1980 1990 Years 2000 2010

Past and projected overweight rates

Standardized rates of overweight (including obesity) Projected rates of overweight (including obesit
Country 1987 1993 1995 1997 2001 2003 2009 2014 2019
Spain 0.43 0.45 0.47 0.47 0.48 0.46 0.52 0.54 0.55
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
France 0.31 0.31 0.32 0.32 0.32 0.34 0.35 0.34 0.34
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
England 0.47 0.49 0.51 0.52 0.52 0.54 0.55 0.55 0.55
1983 1991 1999 2006 2009 2014 2019
Austria 0.39 0.39 0.41 0.45 0.43 0.46 0.47
1995 2000 2005 2009 2014 2019
Italy 0.37 0.39 0.39 0.39 0.45 0.45
1995 2001 2003 2005 2011 2016 2021
Canada 0.49 0.48 0.50 0.50 0.52 0.54 0.55
1998 2001 2005 2008 2014 2019
Korea 0.25 0.29 0.31 0.30 0.33 0.35
1989 1995 2001 2005 2009 2014 2019
Australia 0.33 0.38 0.48 0.52 0.56 0.60 0.64
1973 1978 1991 1999 2001 2003 2005 2009 2014
USA 0.45 0.43 0.53 0.62 0.63 0.64 0.65 0.68 0.71
CD countries

2010 2020

rweight (including obesity)

2000 2002 2004 2009 2014 2019

0.36 0.37 0.36 0.39 0.41 0.44
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2009 2014 2019
0.57 0.59 0.58 0.58 0.58 0.59 0.63 0.65 0.69

2019
0.74
 Costs and cost-effectiveness of a chronic disease prevention packa

Cost Cost-eff

England

Mexico

Japan

Italy

Canada

$35 $30 $25 $20 $15 $10 $5 $0 $0 $5,000 $10

Yearly cost per capita of a prevention package (USD) Cost (USD) per life year g

Country CE ratio
Canada 19682
Italy 15625
Japan 14744
Mexico 12104
England 6789

Country Cost of interv

Canada 31.7
Italy 22.2
Japan 18.6
Mexico 11.8
England 19.2
ease prevention package after 20 years

Cost-effectiveness

$0 $5,000 $10,000 $15,000 $20,000

Cost (USD) per life year gained in good health (DALY)
 D e a ths a voide d e ve r y ye a r
Deaths from chronic diseases avoided through prevention

200,000

175,000

150,000

125,000 Can
ada
100,000 Eng
lan
d
75,000 Ital
y
50,000

25,000

0
Years from the start of interventions
0 10 20 30 40 50

Deaths avoided - fitted

fit value 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Canada 7 561 1895 3106 4251 5378 6528 7736
England 6 1758 4579 7367 10136 12904 15682 18485
Italy 4 2991 3808 5113 6866 9026 11555 14415
Japan 6 345 5451 9732 13491 16981 20410 23944
Mexico 5 3294 3436 4019 5002 6346 8013 9968
ention

Can
ada
Eng
lan
d
Ital
y

50

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
9033 10438 11969 13633 15434 17370 19434 21612 23890
21322 24204 27138 30129 33181 36295 39470 42703 45990
17569 20983 24621 28452 32444 36566 40788 45084 49425
27713 31811 36305 41232 46609 52431 58675 65305 72274
12178 14609 17233 20021 22944 25979 29102 32289 35521
 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
26248 28665 31116 33576 36020 38423 40758 43003 45135
49324 52695 56092 59503 62913 66306 69666 72974 76210
53786 58142 62471 66750 70958 75076 79084 82965 86704
79523 86988 94599 102285 109973 117589 125063 132328 139322
38778 42042 45296 48526 51718 54858 57935 60939 63862
 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33
47134 48985 50673 52188 53523 54677 55648 56442 57066
79355 82389 85291 88043 90624 93017 95205 97174 98912
90284 93694 96918 99947 102771 105379 107764 109920 111841
145989 152277 158144 163555 168484 172910 176825 180225 183117
66694 69429 72061 74586 76998 79296 81476 83539 85482
 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42
57530 57846 58029 58092 58050 57914 57691 57386 56993
100407 101656 102654 103405 103914 104196 104267 104155 103893
113522 114962 116157 117107 117812 118275 118498 118485 118241
185515 187440 188916 189978 190661 191003 191047 190831 190396
87306 89013 90604 92080 93446 94705 95860 96916 97878
 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
56499 55878 55090 54078 52762 51040 48781 45821
103520 103088 102657 102297 102089 102127 102517 103380
117774 117089 116197 115107 113831 112381 110770 109014
189777 189002 188094 187063 185908 184612 183140 181433
98752 99544 100258 100903 101484 102009 102485 102918
 Obesity and overweight in OECD and no
Overweight

24
31
37
46
46
44
38
45
47
48
45
48
47
48
52
49
50
52
55
52
52
55
59
53
55
60
60
61
60
61
61
63
70
68

16
16
29
51
49
50
53
80% of adult
70 population
60 50 40 30 20 10 0

Note: For Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, New
based on measured, rather than self-reported, body mass index (BMI).
Source: OECD Health Data 2010, and WHO Infobase for Brazil, Chile, China, India, Indonesia, R

% obese adults % overweight adults

country
Both genders Both genders
South Africa (2005) 21 53.3
Estonia (2008) 18 49.6
Russian Federation (2005 16.6 49.1
Brazil (2005) 13.5 50.5
China (2005) 1.7 28.9
Indonesia (2005) 1.4 16.2
India (2005) 1.3 16

United States (2008) 33.8 68

Mexico (2006) 30 69.5
New Zealand (2007) 26.5 62.6
Australia (2007) 24.8 61.4
United Kingdom (2008) 24.5 61.4
Canada (2008) 24.2 60
Ireland (2007) 23 61
Chile (2005) 21.9 59.7
Iceland (2007) 20.1 60.2
Luxembourg (2007) 20 54.8
Hungary (2003) 18.8 52.8
Greece (2008) 18.1 58.9
Spain (2009) 17.1 54.8
Czech Republic (2008) 17 52
Slovak Republic (2008) 16.9 51.5
Slovenia (2007) 16.4 55.1
Germany (2009) 16 52.1
OECD 16 50
Finland (2008) 15.7 48.8
Portugal (2006) 15.4 51.6
Turkey (2008) 15.2 47.6
Belgium (2008) 13.8 46.9
Israel* (2008) 13.6 47.5
Poland (2004) 12.5 45.3
Austria (2006) 12.4 47.7
Netherlands (2009) 11.8 47.2
Denmark (2005) 11.4 44.6
France (2008) 11.2 38.2
Sweden (2007) 10.2 44
Norway (2008) 10 46
Italy (2008) 9.9 45.5
Switzerland (2007) 8.1 37.3
Korea (2008) 3.8 31
Japan (2008) 3.4 24.2
overweight in OECD and non-OECD countries (adults)
Obesity
Japan (2008) 3
Korea (2008)
4
Switzerland (2007)
8
Italy (2008)
10
Norway (2008)
10
Sweden (2007)
10
France (2008)
11
Denmark (2005)
11
Netherlands (2009)
12
Austria (2006)
12
Poland (2004)
Israel (2008)
13
Belgium (2008)
14
Turkey (2008) 14
Portugal (2006) 15
Finland (2008) 15
OECD 16
Germany (2009) 16
Slovenia (2007) 16
Slovak Republic (2008) 16
Czech Republic (2008) 17
Spain (2009) 17
Greece (2008) 17
Hungary (2003) 18
Luxembourg (2007) 19
Iceland (2007) 20
Chile (2005) 20
Ireland (2007) 22
Canada (2008) 23
United Kingdom (2008) 24
Australia (2007) 25
New Zealand (2007) 25
Mexico (2006) 27
United States (2008) 30
34
India (2005)
Indonesia (2005) 1
China (2005) 1
Brazil (2005) 2
Russian Federation (2005) 14
Estonia (2008) 17
South Africa (2005) 18
21
10 0 % of30
adult population
0 5 10 15 20 25 35 40

apan, Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, New Zealand, Slovak Republic, United Kingdom and United States, rates are
s index (BMI).
r Brazil, Chile, China, India, Indonesia, Russian Federation and South Africa.
4

pulation
5 40
 Overweight children in OECD and non-O

Percentage of children overweight (inclu

0 5 10 15 20
Slovak Republic (1999) 11-17 9
Turkey (2001) 12-17 10
Luxembourg 12
Denmark (1997) 5-16 14
Poland (2001) 7-9 14
Japan (2000) 6-14 15
Switzerland (2007) 6-13 15
Netherlands (2003) 5-16 16
Norway (2005) 3-17 16
Finland 18
France (2006) 11-17 19
Hungary (2005) 7-18 19
Austria (2003) 8-12 2
Germany (2002) 5-17 2
Czech Republic (2005) 6-17
Belgium (2005) 4-15
Greece (2003) 13-17
Sweden (2001) 6-13
Iceland (2003) 9
Korea (2005) 10-19
Ireland (2007) 4-13
Slovenia (2007) 6-12
Chile (2000) 6
Israel (2007) 5-7
Australia (2007) 9-13
Canada (2004) 12-17
UK England (2004) 5-17
Mexico (2006) 5-17
New Zealand (2002) 5-14
Portugal (2003) 7-9
Italy (2006) 8-9
Spain (2000) 13-14
UK Scotland (2008) 12-15
United States 2004) 6-17

Indonesia (2000) 10-18 4

India (2002) 5-17 10
Russia (2004) 10-18 11
China (2004) 6-11 16
South Africa (2004) 6-13 16
Brazil (2002) 7-10

Source: Figures for Finland and Luxembourg from World Health Organ
Children (HBSC) 2005-06 survey (self-reported weight and height of 11
available national surveys of children in which weight and height were

Measured,
year and age-
range stated
Slovak Republic (1999) 11-17 9
Turkey (2001) 12-17 10
Luxembourg 12 (self-reported data)
Denmark (1997) 5-16 14
Poland (2001) 7-9 14
Japan (2000) 6-14 15
Switzerland (2007) 6-13 15
Netherlands (2003) 5-16 16
Norway (2005) 3-17 16
Finland 18 (self-reported data)
France (2006) 11-17 19
Hungary (2005) 7-18 19
Austria (2003) 8-12 20
Germany (2002) 5-17 20
Czech Republic (2005) 6-17 21
Belgium (2005) 4-15 22
Greece (2003) 13-17 22
Sweden (2001) 6-13 22
Iceland (2003) 9 23
Korea (2005) 10-19 24
Ireland (2007) 4-13 25
Slovenia (2007) 6-12 25
Chile (2000) 6 26
Israel (2007) 5-7 26
Australia (2007) 9-13 27
Canada (2004) 12-17 29
UK England (2004) 5-17 29
Mexico (2006) 5-17 31
New Zealand (2002) 5-14 31
Portugal (2003) 7-9 32
Italy (2006) 8-9 33
Spain (2000) 13-14 33
UK Scotland (2008) 12-15 35
United States 2004) 6-17 35

Indonesia (2000) 10-18 4

India (2002) 5-17 10
Russia (2004) 10-18 11
China (2004) 6-11 16
South Africa (2004) 6-13 16
Brazil (2002) 7-10 22
dren in OECD and non-OECD countries

of children overweight (including obese)

10 15 20 25 30 35 40
9
10
12
14
14
15
15
16
16
18
19
19
20
20
21
22
22
22
23
24
25
25
26
26
27
29
29
31
31
32
33
33
35
35

10
11
16
16
22
from World Health Organisation Health Behaviour in School
ed weight and height of 11-year-old children), and from latest
h weight and height were measured for other countries.