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22nd Jan 2015

How Do We Size Up? The Most Obese Countries In The World In One Infographic

The obesity scale weighs in... Ireland, we've been overindulging!

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The obesity scale weighs in and these statistics are tough to swallow… 

Obesity levels are increasing globally and this infographic created by Clinic Compare shows clearly just how big of a problem obesity really is.

Using data collected by the CIA’s World Factbook the facts are laid out for us in black and white a colourful chart.

Ireland, we’ve been overindulging.

Yes, the good ol’ Emerald Isle is sadly more of an orange suggesting that 25% of the population (one-in-four people) are over weight.

The study shows that 700 million people across the world are obese, with the highest levels of obesity located in the Pacific Islands (American Samoa – 74.6%, Nauru – 71.1% and The Cook Islands – 63.4%).

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