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	Overweight or obese males
	In percentage of males with a BMI>25 kg/m2

		2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
	Australia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Austria	..	..	..	..	..	56.9 b	..	..
	Belgium	50.9	..	..	50.6	..	..	..	..
	Canada	52.2 b	..	54.9	..	55.5	..	54.5	..
	Czech Republic	..	55.9	..	..	60.0 d	..	..	..
	Denmark	..	..	..	..	51.9	..	..	..
	Finland	53.8	54.8	53.5	53.3	59.7	55.5	56.7	..
	France	..	43.6	..	39.6	..	42.5	..	..
	Germany	..	..	57.7	..	57.9	..	..	..
	Greece	..	..	..	..	..	62.4	..	64.9
	Hungary	..	..	58.3	..	..	..	..	..
	Iceland	..	57.0	..	..	..	..	66.6	..
	Ireland	..	53.0	..	..	..	..	59.0	..
	Italy	51.2	51.0	51.3	..	54.0	54.2	54.9	..
	Japan	28.0 d	28.9 d	27.8 d	28.4 d	28.6 d	29.7 d	..	..
	Korea	32.4	..	..	..	34.0	..	..	..
	Luxembourg	58.6 d	58.1 d	59.1 d	59.0 d	59.9 d	61.1 d	62.4 d	..
	Mexico	..	..	..	..	66.4	66.7	..	..
	Netherlands	50.0	50.7	51.1	51.3	50.4	51.1	51.1	..
	New Zealand	..	..	66.6 d	..	..	..	67.7 d	..
	Norway	..	50.1	..	..	52.0	..	..	..
	Poland	..	..	..	52.1	..	..	..	..
	Portugal	..	..	..	..	..	56.0	..	..
	Slovak Republic	..	..	57.2	62.9 d	62.7 d	..	57.6 d	..
	Spain	55.2	..	56.3	..	..	58.6	..	..
	Sweden	49.6	51.2	49.4	49.9	51.8	52.6	51.9	..
	Switzerland	..	45.4	..	..	..	..	46.3	..
	Turkey	..	..	43.3	..	..	..	..	..
	United Kingdom	67.6 d	65.5 d	65.4 d	66.6 d	64.7 d	67.1 d	65.1 d	..
	United States	..	70.0 d	..	70.8 d	..	73.3 d	..	..
Last updated: 8 June 2010
b	Break in series
d	Differences in methodology
Source: OECD health data 2009 - selected data: OECD Health Statistics (database)

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