United States and Mexico within 10 fattest countries in the world

Obesity and overweight rank fifth in chronic diseases worldwide. However, the second and third, pressure and high cholesterol are related to the disease. The World Health Organization estimates that by 2015 there will be approximately 2 thousand 300 million adults with overweight and more than 700 million will be obese. The graphs below show the incidence of overweight in adults (Figure 1) and children (Figure 2) for the 10 fattest countries in the world.

Figure 1

Overweight in adults over 15 years

Figure 2

Overweight in children between 2 and 18 years