This chart compares figures in the population of OECD countries (plus the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Mexico); it shows the percentage of total population (aged 15 and above) with a body mass index greater than 30. The year the figures used for this chart were published, collected or compiled range from 1996 to 2003. Exact years for each country can be found in the documents linked below.

Graphic chart created by User:Phils using Microsoft Excel 2004 (Mac) and OECD data available for download and discussed here. The actual data was extracted from an Excel data sheet downloadable here, which contains the following source information:

OECD FACTBOOK 2005 – ISBN 92-64-01869-7 – © OECD 2005

An alternate copyrighted graph of the same data, published by OECD can be viewed here.

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