×
Ghana

Ghana Obesity Stats

  1. Home
  2. Country Info
  3. Profiles
  4. Ghana
  5. Health
  6. Diseases
  7. Obesity

Definitions

  • Female obesity rate: Percentage of females older than 14 who are obese, meaning their Body Mass Index (BMI) exceeds 30.
  • Obesity rate (men): Percentage of males aged over 15 years who are obese. The World Health Organization defines obesity as a body mass index over 30. The average BMI is 18.5 to 24.9.
  • Obesity rate (women): Percentage of females aged over 15 years who are obese. The World Health Organization defines obesity as a body mass index over 30. The average BMI is 18.5 to 24.9.
SHOW ALL
LESS
SHARE TWEET EMBED
STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK
Female obesity rate 8% 2003 12th out of 16
Obesity rate (men) 8.1% 2003 13th out of 17
Obesity rate (women) 8.1% 2003 13th out of 17

SOURCES: http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=GenderStat&f=inID%3a43, Prevalence of obesity among adults; World Health Organization. Source tables

SHOW ALL
LESS

Citation

Ghana categories

Agriculture Environment Military
Background Geography People
Conflict Government Religion
Cost of living Health Sports
Crime Import Terrorism
Culture Industry Transport
Disasters Labor Travel
Economy Language Weather
Education Lifestyle
Energy Media

Factoid #257

  • Think malnutrition and you probably think Africa. But half the world's undernourished are in China and India.

Related Sectors

Stats

Country profiles

Compare

Adblocker detected! Please consider reading this notice.

We've detected that you are using AdBlock Plus or some other adblocking software which is preventing the page from fully loading.

We don't have any banner, Flash, animation, obnoxious sound, or popup ad. We do not implement these annoying types of ads!

We need money to operate the site, and almost all of it comes from our online advertising.

Please add www.nationmaster.com to your ad blocking whitelist or disable your adblocking software.

×