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. 2017 Jul 24;5:190. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2017.00190

Table 2.

Percentages of overfat subpopulations of the 30 most developed countries according to the Human Development Index.

Overfat (%)

Country Adults Children

Males Females Males Females
Norway 78.4 (75.7–81) 67.3 (64.4–70.2) 42.7 (39.8–45.6) 38.2 (35.6–40.9)
Australia 88.2 (85.6–90.5) 76.1 (73.4–78.9) 47 (44–50.6) 45.2 (42.1–48.7)
Switzerland 76.6 (73.7–79.4) 59.9 (57–62.9) 43.3 (40–47) 38.4 (35.6–41.6)
Denmark 79.2 (76.5–81.9) 64.7 (61.7–67.7) 42.3 (39.4–45.7) 41.6 (38–45.4)
Netherlands 73.2 (71.1–75.4) 64.9 (62.3–67.5) 40.9 (38.3–43.9) 38.3 (35.6–41.1)
Germany 84.3 (81.9–86.8) 69 (66.5–71.4) 43.1 (40–46.4) 41.6 (38.5–44.7)
Ireland 86.4 (83.9–88.8) 70.9 (68.3–73.6) 49.2 (45.8–53.4) 48.7 (45.1–52.7)
United States 90.9 (89.2–92.5) 81.9 (79.8–83.8) 51.4 (49–54) 51.9 (49.4–54.7)
Canada 84.5 (82–87) 68.5 (65.9–71.1) 48.1 (45–51.3) 44.2 (41.3–47.7)
New Zealand 91.4 (89.6–93.3) 80 (77.8–82.2) 52.2 (48.6–55.9) 50.9 (47.5–54.8)
Singapore 64.3 (61.4–67.1) 52.5 (50–55.1) 43.5 (40.1–46.9) 35.5 (33.1–38.2)
Sweden 78.2 (75.6–81) 65.8 (63.2–68.5) 43 (40.1–46) 41.5 (38.7–44.7)
United Kingdom 86.6 (85.3–88) 77.2 (75.7–78.6) 48.7 (46.4–51.1) 51.4 (49–54.1)
Iceland 93.6 (91.3–95.8) 80.9 (78–83.8) 49 (45.3–52.8) 45.2 (41.9–48.8)
South Korea 56.9 (55.1–58.8) 47.2 (45.6–48.9) 43.8 (40.5–47.1) 35.4 (33.1–37.9)
Israel 80.4 (77.6–83.2) 72.7 (69.6–75.6) 53.6 (49.6–58.2) 48.8 (44.8–53.3)
Luxembourg 78 (75.1–80.8) 64.4 (61.6–67.2) 51.9 (47.9–56) 39.9 (36.7–43.3)
Japan 48.9 (47.1–50.7) 37.6 (36.5–38.9) 37.9 (35.8–40.2) 34.6 (32.4–36.8)
Belgium 78 (75.2–80.8) 67.1 (64.3–69.9) 43.1 (40.3–46.2) 41 (38.2–44)
France 75.9 (73.2–78.7) 62.8 (60–65.7) 42.5 (39.4–45.9) 38.2 (35.5–40.9)
Austria 79.7 (77–82.3) 62.8 (60.1–65.4) 41.5 (38.5–44.7) 38.5 (35.7–41.6)
Finland 82.2 (79.5–84.9) 70.4 (67.5–73.2) 48.6 (44.9–52.4) 43.3 (39.9–47.2)
Slovenia 85.1 (82.3–87.6) 72.1 (69.1–74.8) 55.7 (52–59.5) 46.2 (42.9–49.5)
Spain 82.3 (80–84.9) 66.5 (63.7–68.9) 50.2 (46.5–53.8) 46 (42.4–49.6)
Italy 78.3 (75.5–81.1) 61.4 (58.9–64.2) 52.5 (49–56.5) 46.5 (43.2–50.1)
Czech Republic 85.5 (82.9–88.2) 70 (67.2–72.7) 44.9 (41.7–48.9) 40.2 (37.2–43.2)
Greece 91.4 (88.9–93.7) 71.1 (68.2–74) 56.3 (52.2–60.3) 51.3 (47.5–55.3)
Estonia 79.3 (76.5–82) 74.3 (71.5–77.2) 46.6 (42.8–50.4) 43.6 (40.2–47.4)
Brunei 43.3 (41.2–45.2) 37.9 (36.2–39.8) 29.3 (28.1–30.6) 27.8 (26.7–29)
Cyprus 87.8 (85–90.6) 72.1 (69.1–75.1) 48.3 (44.5–52.2) 44.7 (41.1–48.4)