Click here to launch a slide show of maps and graphs illustrating the scope of childhood obesity in America. . waistlines of kids across the nation and around the world.

Childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions in 21st century, with rising rates in both the developed and developing world. Rates of obesity in Canadian boys have .

And the problem is not confined to the rich world. In rapidly developing countries such as China, Brazil and obesity in the world graph India obesity rates, though still low, are growing fast as .

Picture comparing obesity rates around the world by country. Those with a BMI of 30 or greater.

Childhood obesity is a big problem in the United States. The following graph shows the trend in a number of countries around the world.

. charts be helpful in defining obesity and in obesity solutions? Let our obesity graphs . first are the new (from 2006 onward) growth standards released by the World .

Paul Kedrosky shows this depressing graph of past and projected obesity rates. Australia seems to be working hard at catching up to the USA, while Canada has been .

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Obesity Statistics - Obesity rates from countries around the world clearly show the extent of the current obesity epidemic when viewed in graphical form.

Graphs: Detailed Data: Links . epidemic of overweight and obesity - "globesity" - is rapidly becoming a major public health problem in many parts of the world.

Taiwan, one of the five countries featured in FRONTLINE's report, is not included because neither the OECD nor the U.N.-based World Health Organization (WHO) track .

A new report obesity in the world graph on obesity rates in . organization that focuses on the world . the labels for the rates of obesity and overweight populations. The graph
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