One third of Americans are obese, and the US has the highest incidence of obesity among developed countries. If rates continue, 75% of Americans will be obese by 2020. Globally, over 1 billion adults are overweight, with Japan and South Korea having the lowest obesity rates.
One third of Americans are obese and another third are overweight. Of the 33 countries with the most developed economies, the United States has by far the highest incidence of obesity and is one of the countries with the fastest growing obesity rate. If obesity levels continue to rise at the same rate in the United States, by 2020, approximately three-quarters of the population will be obese.
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Globally, there are more than 1 billion adults who are overweight and at least 300 million of them are obese.
The countries with the lowest incidence of obesity are Japan and South Korea, both with obesity rates below 5%. Other countries with high obesity rates include Mexico, the United Kingdom and Slovakia, all of which have an obesity rate of around 25%.
The US state with the highest obesity rate is Mississippi and the state with the lowest obesity rate is Colorado. In fact, Colorado is the only state in the US with an obesity rate below 20%.
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