Non-alcohol fatty liver disease in Asia: Prevention and planning

Table 1 Prevalence of overweight and obesity in Asian countries, estimates for 2008 (%)

Country	Overweight1			Obesity2
	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
Kuwait	78.4	79.5	78.8	37.5	49.8	42.0
Saudi Arabia	69.1	68.8	69.0	28.6	39.1	33.3
Qatar	73.1	70.2	72.3	31.3	38.1	33.2
Egypt	60.4	75.3	67.9	21.4	44.5	33.1
Bahrain	70.9	70.3	70.6	29.5	38.0	32.9
UAE	71.3	71.2	71.3	30.0	39.0	32.7
Turkey	59.7	64.1	61.9	21.7	34.0	27.8
Lebanon	66.1	57.9	61.8	25.8	29.0	27.4
Iraq	59.5	65.1	62.3	20.6	33.4	27.0
Oman	56.9	54.2	55.8	18.9	23.8	20.9
Iran	46.0	56.8	51.4	12.4	26.5	19.4
Malaysia	42.1	46.3	44.2	10.4	17.6	14.0
Thailand	26.5	37.4	32.2	5.0	12.2	8.8
South Korea	34.3	29.2	31.8	7.2	8.3	7.7
Singapore	33.9	26.4	30.2	7.0	7.1	7.1
Philippines	24.6	28.4	26.5	4.6	8.0	6.3
China	25.5	25.4	25.4	4.7	6.7	5.7
Pakistan	19.1	27.1	23.0	3.3	7.8	5.5
Japan	30.1	19.2	24.4	5.8	4.4	5.0
India	9.9	12.2	11.0	1.3	2.4	1.9
Vietnam	9.5	10.9	10.2	1.2	2.1	1.7
Bangladesh	7.4	7.8	7.6	0.9	1.3	1.1

¹Overweight: The percentage of the population aged 20 or older having a body mass index (BMI) ≥ 25 kg/m²;

²Obesity: The percentage of the population aged 20 or older having a BMI ≥ 30 kg/m². Adapted from World Health Organization, non-communicable diseases report[41]. UAE: United Arab Emirates.