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Table 1 The top ten countries with the lowest increase in childhood overweight and obesity from 1975

From: Spatial–temporal trends in global childhood overweight and obesity from 1975 to 2030: a weight mean center and projection analysis of 191 countries

 

least increase to 2016a

least increase to 2030 b

Country

Absolute growth

Country

Absolute growth

Boys

1 Singapore

4.3

1 Belgium

-1.5

2 Ethiopia

4.5

2 Japan

4.5

3 Uganda

4.5

3 Singapore

4.7

4 Niger

4.9

4 Andorra

8.3

5 Rwanda

5.0

5 Chad

9.5

6 Burkina Faso

5.1

6 Denmark

9.6

7 Guinea

5.3

7 Rwanda

9.7

8 Senegal

5.3

8 Iceland

10.2

9 Chad

5.3

9 Central African Republic

11.2

10 Belgium

5.3

10 Sweden

11.7

Girls

1 Singapore

0.2

1 Belgium

-1.1

2 Belgium

2.1

2 Singapore

0.0

3 Japan

5.0

3 Denmark

2.9

4 Denmark

6.2

4 Iceland

5.0

5 India

6.7

5 Japan

5.6

6 Iceland

6.8

6 Andorra

6.9

7 Sweden

6.9

7 Sweden

7.1

8 Viet Nam

8.6

8 Luxembourg

9.5

9 Andorra

9.1

9 Switzerland

9.9

10 Malta

9.3

10 India

10.4

  1. aThe prevalence in 2016 minus the prevalence in 1975
  2. bThe prevalence in 2030 minus the prevalence in 1975