More than one in 10 of the worlds population is obese – more than half a billion adults – and rates have doubled since 1980. The biggest increases are in the richer nations but almost every country has seen rates rise.

Fastest growing: US

Slimming down: Italy

Fattening up: UK

South America’s biggest: Chile

World’s thinnest: Bangladesh

Fattest on earth: Nauru

How tiny Nauru became worlds fattest nation – Health News, Health & Families – The Independent