Figure 1
The association between obesity and CVDs.
Figure 2
Age-standardised prevalence of obesity in 2022.
Source: NCD Risk Factor Collaboration.
Figure 3
Absolute difference in the age-standardised prevalence of obesity between women and men in 1990 and 2022. Note: A positive difference indicates the prevalence is higher among women; a negative difference indicates the prevalence is higher among men.
Source: NCD Risk Factor Collaboration.
Figure 4
Age-standardised prevalence of obesity by education level in adults aged over 25 years in select countries.
Note: Country income groupings for this figure are as follows – Low-income: Sierra Leone; Lower-middle-income: Bangladesh and Ghana; Upper-middle-income: Albania; High-income: USA and the United Kingdom.
Data sources: All data are based on publicly available nationally representative health examination surveys, including – Sierra Leone, DHS 2019; Bangladesh, DHS 2022; Ghana, DHS 2022; Albania, DHS 2017–2018; United Kingdom, Health Survey for England 2017–2019, USA NHANES, 2021–2023.