Obesity in Kuwait
Obesity in Kuwait is a growing health concern with health officials stating that it is one of the leading causes of preventable deaths in Kuwait. According to Forbes, Kuwait ranks 8 on a 2007 list of fattest countries with a percentage of 74.2% of its citizens with an unhealthy weight.[1] This ranking makes Kuwait the fattest country outside of Oceania.
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Obesity in Asia
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Sovereign
states |
- Afghanistan
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- Brunei
- Burma (Myanmar)
- Cambodia
- People's Republic of China
- Cyprus
- East Timor (Timor-Leste)
- Egypt
- Georgia
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- North Korea
- South Korea
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mongolia
- Nepal
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Qatar
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Singapore
- Sri Lanka
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Thailand
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- United Arab Emirates
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam
- Yemen
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States with limited
recognition |
- Abkhazia
- Nagorno-Karabakh
- Northern Cyprus
- Palestine
- Republic of China (Taiwan)
- South Ossetia
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Dependencies and
other territories |
- Christmas Island
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Hong Kong
- Macau
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