Table 1.
Prevalence of overweight and obesity in Asian countries, estimates for 2008 (%)
| Country |
Overweight1 |
Obesity2 |
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| Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | |
| Kuwait | 78.4 | 79.5 | 78.8 | 37.5 | 49.8 | 42.0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 69.1 | 68.8 | 69.0 | 28.6 | 39.1 | 33.3 |
| Qatar | 73.1 | 70.2 | 72.3 | 31.3 | 38.1 | 33.2 |
| Egypt | 60.4 | 75.3 | 67.9 | 21.4 | 44.5 | 33.1 |
| Bahrain | 70.9 | 70.3 | 70.6 | 29.5 | 38.0 | 32.9 |
| UAE | 71.3 | 71.2 | 71.3 | 30.0 | 39.0 | 32.7 |
| Turkey | 59.7 | 64.1 | 61.9 | 21.7 | 34.0 | 27.8 |
| Lebanon | 66.1 | 57.9 | 61.8 | 25.8 | 29.0 | 27.4 |
| Iraq | 59.5 | 65.1 | 62.3 | 20.6 | 33.4 | 27.0 |
| Oman | 56.9 | 54.2 | 55.8 | 18.9 | 23.8 | 20.9 |
| Iran | 46.0 | 56.8 | 51.4 | 12.4 | 26.5 | 19.4 |
| Malaysia | 42.1 | 46.3 | 44.2 | 10.4 | 17.6 | 14.0 |
| Thailand | 26.5 | 37.4 | 32.2 | 5.0 | 12.2 | 8.8 |
| South Korea | 34.3 | 29.2 | 31.8 | 7.2 | 8.3 | 7.7 |
| Singapore | 33.9 | 26.4 | 30.2 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Philippines | 24.6 | 28.4 | 26.5 | 4.6 | 8.0 | 6.3 |
| China | 25.5 | 25.4 | 25.4 | 4.7 | 6.7 | 5.7 |
| Pakistan | 19.1 | 27.1 | 23.0 | 3.3 | 7.8 | 5.5 |
| Japan | 30.1 | 19.2 | 24.4 | 5.8 | 4.4 | 5.0 |
| India | 9.9 | 12.2 | 11.0 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
| Vietnam | 9.5 | 10.9 | 10.2 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
| Bangladesh | 7.4 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
1
Overweight: The percentage of the population aged 20 or older having a body mass index (BMI) ≥ 25 kg/m2;
2
Obesity: The percentage of the population aged 20 or older having a BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2. Adapted from World Health Organization, non-communicable diseases report[41]. UAE: United Arab Emirates.