In Spain we know that the obesity is a problem and that the figures, especially in childhood obesity, lead us not to lower our guard and to be attentive to the evolution of the percentage of obese population with its causes and possible solutions.
The reality is that which can be seen in the images that are published in the article and that can be seen with more details and interactive possibilities on the Jeff Clark page. And it is that Jeff reviewed the statistics that were published in the data section of the Guardian and decided to improve them and make them interactive so that they add more value to readers and stakeholders.
This article summarizes the special incidence in Spain and it is put in context with the rest of the world. Evolution is analyzed by sexes, men and women, from the year 2002 to year 2010. It has not been done by age and it would be even more interesting to see the incidence in children.
Jeff's obsession, and that the Guardian's cold statistics did not answer him, was to know what the obesity time trendwhat's going on in rest of the world, where obesity is not growing, which are the countries with the highest growth, what differences exist by sex, etc.
So in the first graph you can see how in Spain Obesity (measured as the percentage of people with a BMI greater than 25 kilograms per square meter) of men goes from 56% to 58%. In North America it goes from 66% to 74% which seems to me a serious problem because it means that one in four men is not obese.
I remember that BMI It allows measure obesity and it is calculated by dividing the kilograms of weight of the person by the square of the height in meters (BMI = weight kg / height meters x meters).
In the case of women, in Spain the percentage goes from 46% to 50%. In North America, it goes from 66% to 73%, which also seems barbaric.
In addition you can also see how the situation in the year 2010 compared by sex. In Spain, as we have said, women have a BMI greater than 25% in 50% of cases while men are in 58%. In the United States the values are similar and are at 73-74%. You can see that North Americans, South Americans and those in Oceania surpass Europe which in turn surpasses Asia and Africa.
Now it would be time to analyze the data in more detail and coldness and wait for decisions to be made because at this rate the society, called civilized, progresses adequately towards total obesity. I insist that it would be very appropriate to have these data also by age to review the impact on childhood.
