Review Article
Rising Burden of Obesity in Asia
Table 1
Comparison of prevalence of adult obesity in Asian countries versus the USA.
| | Survey year (ref) | Prevalence of overweight adults (%)* | Prevalence of obese adults (%)† |
| | USA | 2007-2008 [7] | 34.0 | 30.2 | | India | 1998-1999 [8] | 10.0 | 2.2 | | Malaysia | 1996-1997 [9] | 16.6 | 4.4 | | Philippines | 1998 [10] | 16.9 | 3.3 | | Taiwan | 1993–1996 [11] | 21.1 | 4.0 | | Japan | 2001 [10] | 23.0 | 3.0 | | Singapore | 1998 [12] | 24.4 | 6.0 | | China | 1999-2000 [4] | 25.0 | 4.0 | | Hong Kong | 1996-1997 [13] | 25.1 | 3.8 | | Korea | 2001 [14] | 27.4 | 3.2 | | Thailand | 1998 [15] | 28.3 | 6.8 |
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*BMI 25 to <30 kg/m2, † BMI > 30 kg/m2, Adopted from Yoon et al. [6] with permission.
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