Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). OECD Factbook 2014: Economic, Environmental and Social Statistics: Health - Overweight and Obesity | Socioeconomic Indicator: Overweight Population Ages 15 or Over: Men, 2010. Data-Planet™ Statistical Datasets by Conquest Systems, Inc. Dataset-ID: 062-001-039
Dataset: Presents the percentage of overweight and obese population for men, women, and in total, aged 15 and above, for the 34 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries, and Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, South Africa, and the Russian Federation, where available. Overweight and obesity are defined as excessive weight presenting health risks because of the high proportion of body fat. The most frequently used measure is based on the body mass index (BMI), which is a single number that evaluates an individual's weight in relation to height (weight/height2, with weight in kilograms and height in meters). Based on the World Health Organization classification, adults with a BMI between 25 and 30 are defined as overweight and those with a BMI over 30 as obese.
This dataset provides indicators included in the OECD Factbook 2014: Economic, Environmental, and Social Statistics, updated annually by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Indicators, reported in 12 broad subject areas, cover a wide range of topics: agriculture, economic production, education, energy, environment, foreign aid, health, industry, information and communications, international trade, labor force, population, taxation, public expenditure, and research and development. Data are provided for all OECD member countries and Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russia, and South Africa, where available. NOTE: The data presented here are copyrighted by OECD and reproduction is subject to OECD permissions policies: See http://www.oecd.org/rights for further information. Indicator descriptions are based on the OECD Factbook 2014.
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The Body Mass Index (BMI) classification may not be suitable for all ethnic groups, who may be exposed to different levels of health risk for the same level of BMI. The thresholds for adults are also not suitable to measure overweight and obesity among children. For most countries, overweight and obesity rates are self-reported through estimates of height and weight from population-based health interv...