Obesity Update 2017 - OECD

Obesity Update 2017. Policy insights Did you know? More than one in two adults and nearly one in six children are overweight or obese in OECD countries. Adult Obesity rates are highest in the United States, Mexico, New Zealand and Hungary, while they are lowest in Japan and Korea. Obesity rates are projected to increase further by 2030, and Korea and Switzerland are the countries where Obesity rates are projected to increase at a faster pace. Social inequalities in overweight and Obesity are strong, especially among women. In about half of the eight countries for which data are available, less- educated women are two to three times more likely to be overweight than those with a higher level of education.

OECD projections show a steady increase in obesity rates until at least 2030 (Figure 5). Obesity levels are expected to be particularly high in the United States, Mexico and England, where 47%, 39% and 35% of the population respectively are projected to be obese in 2030. On the contrary, the increase is expected to be

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