At a time when the world is moving towards promoting healthy lifestyles to fight diseases, the World Health Organization warned, earlier this month, of the spread of obesity in Europe and its transformation into an epidemic, to sound the alarm about the health future in the European continent.
In the following, we highlight the prevalence of obesity around the world and in the Arab world, with the countries ranking in terms of their population suffering from overweight, according to figures Global Obesity Observatory.
- The island of Nauru ranked first in the world in terms of countries with the highest prevalence of obesity, with a rate of 59.85 percent. with average mass index Body (the relationship of an individual’s weight with his height) reached 32.7. The Republic of Nauru is a small island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, adjacent to Banaba Island, in the Republic of Kiribati. Since the 1980s, the islanders have lived a sedentary lifestyle with an unhealthy diet, which has contributed to the “worst health conditions in the Pacific”.
- American Samoa ranked second, with an obesity prevalence of 58.75 percent among its population.
- The most obese country appears to be the outlying islands, with the Cook Islands in the South Pacific ranked third, with an obesity rate of 53.97 percent.
- The archipelago of Palau (part of the Micronesia region in the western Pacific) ranked fourth with 53.15 percent.
- The Marshall Islands (Western Pacific) came in fifth place with 49.85 percent.
Arabic arrangement
The ranking of obesity among Arab peoples is as follows:
- Kuwait at 34.28%.
- Qatar with 33.46 percent.
- Saudi Arabia accounted for 31.73%.
- Jordan by 29.17 per cent.
- The UAE accounted for 28.44 percent.
Obesity rates in Kuwait are attributed in particular to unhealthy lifestyle Which many people live in the country, whether in terms of the quality of food they eat, or in terms of lack of exercise.
The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health launched, this May, a campaign entitled “Obesity is a disease that you do not face alone… Consult your doctor”, to spread awareness about the dangers of obesity and how to prevent it.
The campaign activities will last for five weeks, and will be distributed to 25 primary health care centers in all governorates of Kuwait, where body mass index, blood sugar, blood pressure and waist circumference are checked for visitors wishing to do so.