Kuwait
High income
- Panoramica
- Prevalenza dell'obesità
- Ripartizioni della popolazione
- Fattori
- Comorbilità
- Impatto economico
- Politiche (disponibile solo in inglese)
- Contextual factors
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Ripartizioni della popolazione
Fattori
Attività insufficiente
Consumo di bibite analcoliche
Consumo di frutta
Consumo di verdura
Consumo di fast food
Consumo di carni lavorate
Consumo di cereali
Depressione
Ansia
Radici dell'obesità »
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Comorbilità
Cancro dell'esofago
Cancro al seno
Cancro colon-rettale
Cancro del pancreas
Cancro della colecisti
Cancro del rene
Cancro dell'utero
Aumento della pressione arteriosa
Aumento del colesterolo
Aumento della glicemia a digiuno
Prevalenza del diabete
Ovarian Cancer
Leukemia
Liver & bile duct cancer
Mulitple Myeloma
Non Hodgkin Lymphoma
Thyroid Cancer
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Impatto economico
Politiche (disponibile solo in inglese)
Strategia nazionale sull'obesità
Strategia nutrizionale o sanitaria
Marketing
Attività fisica
Strategie transnazionali per contrastare l'obesità
Etichettatura
Strategia NCD
Regulations (voluntary/pledges)
Multidisciplinary Intervention
School Food Regulations/Guidelines
Allattamento al seno
Obesity Target
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Contextual factors
Prevalenza dell'obesità
Adulti, 2024
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 19+ | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 1006 | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Annual Report 2024 - Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System. (2025). Food and Nutrition Administration https://www.moh.gov.kw/en/FoodNutrition/Pages/FND.aspx [Accessed 24.07.25] | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | NB. Surveillance reliance on health centres as the primary data collection point for population may limit the generalizability of findings for adult participants. Unlike previous KNSS reports, this data includes non-Kuwaitis as well as Kuwaitis. | 
| Salvo diversa indicazione, il sovrappeso si riferisce a un BMI compreso tra 25 kg e 29,9 kg/m², l'obesità si riferisce a un BMI superiore a 30 kg/m². | |
Adulti, 2023
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 19+ | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 1541 | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | The Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System - Annual Report 2023. (2024) Food and Nutrition Administration. https://www.moh.gov.kw/FoodNutrition/KNSS%202023.pdf [Accessed 24.07,25] | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | NB. Surveillance reliance on health centres as the primary data collection point for population may limit the generalizability of findings for adult participants. Only Kuwaiti population. Overweight by gender currently unavailable | 
| Salvo diversa indicazione, il sovrappeso si riferisce a un BMI compreso tra 25 kg e 29,9 kg/m², l'obesità si riferisce a un BMI superiore a 30 kg/m². | |
Adulti, 2021
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 19+ | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 1676 | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | The Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System - Annual Report 2021. Food and Nutrition Administration, Ministry of Health. https://www.moh.gov.kw/en/FoodNutrition/Pages/FND.aspx# [Accessed 24.07.25] | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | NB. Surveillance reliance on health centres as the primary data collection point for population may limit the generalizability of findings for adult participants. Only Kuwaiti population | 
| Salvo diversa indicazione, il sovrappeso si riferisce a un BMI compreso tra 25 kg e 29,9 kg/m², l'obesità si riferisce a un BMI superiore a 30 kg/m². | |
Adulti, 2018
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 19+ | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 1772 | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | The Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System - Annual Report 2018 . Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System. Ministry of Health. https://www.moh.gov.kw/FoodNutrition/KNSSReport2018.pdf (Last accessed 24.07.20) | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | NB. Surveillance reliance on health centres as the primary data collection point for population may limit the generalizability of findings for adult participants. Only Kuwaiti population. Overweight by gender currently unavailable | 
| Salvo diversa indicazione, il sovrappeso si riferisce a un BMI compreso tra 25 kg e 29,9 kg/m², l'obesità si riferisce a un BMI superiore a 30 kg/m². | |
Adulti, 2014
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 18-69 | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 4391 | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Kuwait STEPS Survey 2014 | 
| Salvo diversa indicazione, il sovrappeso si riferisce a un BMI compreso tra 25 kg e 29,9 kg/m², l'obesità si riferisce a un BMI superiore a 30 kg/m². | |
Adulti, 2006
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 20-64 | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 2280 | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Al-Nesf Y, Kamel M, El-Shazly MK, Makboul GM, Sadek AA, El-Sayed AM, El-Fararji A. Kuwait STEPS 2006. Kuwait Minsitry of Health, GCC, WHO 2006 | 
| Salvo diversa indicazione, il sovrappeso si riferisce a un BMI compreso tra 25 kg e 29,9 kg/m², l'obesità si riferisce a un BMI superiore a 30 kg/m². | |
Adulti, 1998-2000
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 19+ | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 9755 | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Jackson RT, Al-Mousa Z, Al-Raqua M, Prakash P and Muhanna. (2001). Prevalence of coronary risk factors in healthy adult Kuwaitis. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition, 52:301 - 311 | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | Not a true representative of the population. Sample were those whose attended the Kuwait Medical Council (KMC) or Public Authority for Social Security (PASS) for a medical check up. | 
| Salvo diversa indicazione, il sovrappeso si riferisce a un BMI compreso tra 25 kg e 29,9 kg/m², l'obesità si riferisce a un BMI superiore a 30 kg/m². | |
Bambini, 2024
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 5-19 | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 17,879 | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Annual Report 2024 - Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System. (2025). Food and Nutrition Administration https://www.moh.gov.kw/en/FoodNutrition/Pages/FND.aspx [Accessed 24.07.25] | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | Unlike previous KNSS reports, this data includes non-Kuwaitis as well as Kuwaitis. | 
| Cutoffs: | WHO | 
Bambini, 2022
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 5-19 | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 12,585 | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Annual Report 2022 - Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System. https://www.moh.gov.kw/en/FoodNutrition/Pages/FND.aspx# [Accessed 24.07.25] | 
| Cutoffs: | WHO | 
Bambini, 2019
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 15-18 | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 706 | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Prevalence of overweight and obesity among Kuwaiti adolescents and the perception of body weight by parents or friends. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8726464/ (last accessed 06.06.2022) | 
| Cutoffs: | International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) age- and sex-specific BMI | 
Bambini, 2018
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 5-19 | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 12298 | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | The Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System - Annual Report 2018 . Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System. Ministry of Health. https://www.moh.gov.kw/FoodNutrition/KNSSReport2018.pdf (Last accessed 24.07.20) | 
| Cutoffs: | WHO | 
Bambini, 2015
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Auto-riferito | 
| Età: | 13-17 | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 3637 | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS), available at https://www.who.int/ncds/surveillance/gshs/2015_GSHS_Kuwait_Fact_Sheet.pdf?ua=1 (last accessed 25.11.20) | 
| Cutoffs: | WHO | 
Bambini, 2013-2014
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 15-18 | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 434 | 
| Area coperta: | Subnazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Musaiger A.O et al. 2016. Prevalence of overweight and obesity among adolescents in eight Arab countries: comparison between two international standards (ARABEAT-2). Nutr Hosp. 33(5). pp. 1062-1065. | 
| Cutoffs: | IOTF | 
Bambini, 2012-2013
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 6-18 | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 6574 | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Elkum, N., Al-Arouj, M., Sharifi, M., Shaltout, A., and Bennakhi, A. (2016) Prevalence of childhood obesity in the state of Kuwait. Pediatric Obesity, 11: e30–e34. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12090 | 
| Cutoffs: | IOTF | 
Bambini, 2011
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Auto-riferito | 
| Età: | 13-15 | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 2672 | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Global School-based Student Health Survey, Fact Sheet available at https://www.who.int/ncds/surveillance/gshs/2011_GSHS_FS_Kuwait.pdf?ua=1 (last accessed 25.11.20) | 
| Cutoffs: | WHO | 
Bambini, 2010-2011
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 15-18 | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 316 | 
| Area coperta: | Regionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Musaiger AO, Al-Mannai M, Tayyem R, Al-Lalla O, Ali EY, Kalam F, Benhamed MM, Saghir S, Halahleh I, Djoudi Z, Chirane M.Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among Adolescents in Seven Arab Countries: A Cross-Cultural Study. J Obes. 2012;2012:981390. doi: 10.1155/2012/981390. Epub 2012 Sep 18. | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | Kuwait City | 
| Cutoffs: | IOTF | 
Bambini, 1999-2000
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 10-14 | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 14659 | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Al-Isa AN. (2004). Body mass index, overweight and obesity among Kuwaiti intermediate school adolescents aged 10 - 14 years. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 58:1273 - 1277. | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | This survey did not use Cole et al cut off. Reference for cut off: NCHS (1976 - 1980): Anthropometric reference data and prevalence of overweight. Vital & Health Statistics data from the National Health Survey Series 11, No. 238, DHHS Publication No(PHS)-87-1688, U.S. | 
| Cutoffs: | Other | 
0-5 years, 2023
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 2912 | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System [KNSS] 2023. Kuwait city, Kuwait: Food & Nutrition Administration | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight estimates: National and Disaggregated, July 2025, New York. Weighted sample size. For more information, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme/. NB. Weighted analyses to adjust for unbalanced age distribution using UNPD WPP; National Surveillance System; Kuwaiti citizens | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population. | 
| Cutoffs: | =>+2SD | 
0-5 years, 2022
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 3192 | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System 2022 | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight estimates: National and Disaggregated, July 2025, New York. Weighted sample size. For more information, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme/. NB. Weighted analyses to adjust for unbalanced age distribution using UNPD WPP; National Surveillance System; Kuwaiti citizens | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population. | 
| Cutoffs: | =>+2SD | 
0-5 years, 2021
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 3411 | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Kuwait Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (2021 Extract) | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight estimates: National and Disaggregated, July 2025, New York. Weighted sample size. For more information, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme/. NB. Weighted analyses to adjust for unbalanced age distribution using UNPD WPP; National Surveillance System; Kuwaiti citizens | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population. | 
| Cutoffs: | =>+2SD | 
0-5 years, 2020
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 2217 | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System [KNSS] 2020. Kuwait city, Kuwait: Food & Nutrition Administration | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight estimates: National and Disaggregated, July 2025, New York. Weighted sample size. For more information, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme/. NB. Weighted analyses to adjust for unbalanced age distribution using UNPD WPP; National Surveillance System; Kuwaiti citizens | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population. | 
| Cutoffs: | =>+2SD | 
0-5 years, 2019
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 3393 | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System [KNSS] 2019. Kuwait city, Kuwait: Food & Nutrition Administration | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight estimates: National and Disaggregated, July 2025, New York. Weighted sample size. For more information, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme/. NB. Weighted analyses to adjust for unbalanced age distribution using UNPD WPP; National Surveillance System; Kuwaiti citizens | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population. | 
| Cutoffs: | =>+2SD | 
0-5 years, 2018
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 3383 | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System [KNSS] 2018. Kuwait city, Kuwait: Food & Nutrition Administration | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight estimates: National and Disaggregated, July 2025, New York. Weighted sample size. For more information, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme/. NB. Weighted analyses to adjust for unbalanced age distribution using UNPD WPP; National Surveillance System; Kuwaiti citizens | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population. | 
| Cutoffs: | =>+2SD | 
0-5 years, 2017
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 3406 | 
| Riferimenti: | Surveillance: Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System [KNSS] 2017. Kuwait city, Kuwait: Food & Nutrition Administration | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight (Survey Estimates), May 2023, New York. For more information about the methodology, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-2023-country-consultations/ Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population. | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | =>+2SD | 
0-5 years, 2016
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 3099 | 
| Riferimenti: | Surveillance: Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System [KNSS] 2016. Kuwait city, Kuwait: Food & Nutrition Administration | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight (Survey Estimates), May 2023, New York. For more information about the methodology, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-2023-country-consultations/ Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population. | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | =>+2SD | 
0-5 years, 2015
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 2615 | 
| Riferimenti: | Surveillance: The Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System [KNSS] 2015 Annual Report. Kuwait City. Food & Nutrition Administration | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight (Survey Estimates), May 2023, New York. For more information about the methodology, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-2023-country-consultations/ Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population. | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | =>+2SD | 
0-5 years, 2014
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 2864 | 
| Riferimenti: | Surveillance: Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System [KNSS] 2014. Kuwait city, Kuwait: Food & Nutrition Administration, 2015 | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight (Survey Estimates), May 2023, New York. For more information about the methodology, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-2023-country-consultations/ Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population. | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | =>+2SD | 
0-5 years, 2013
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 3571 | 
| Riferimenti: | Surveillance: Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System [KNSS] 2013. Kuwait city, Kuwait: Food & Nutrition Administration, 2015 | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight (Survey Estimates), May 2023, New York. For more information about the methodology, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-2023-country-consultations/ Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population. | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | =>+2SD | 
0-5 years, 2012
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 3860 | 
| Riferimenti: | Surveillance: Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System [KNSS] 2012. Kuwait city, Kuwait: Food & Nutrition Administration, 2013 | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight (Survey Estimates), May 2023, New York. For more information about the methodology, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-2023-country-consultations/ Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population. | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | =>+2SD | 
0-5 years, 2011
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 4200 | 
| Riferimenti: | Surveillance: Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System [KNSS] 2011. Kuwait city, Kuwait: Food & Nutrition Administration, 2013 | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight (Survey Estimates), May 2023, New York. For more information about the methodology, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-2023-country-consultations/ Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population. | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | =>+2SD | 
0-5 years, 2010
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 4062 | 
| Riferimenti: | Surveillance: Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System [KNSS] 2010. Kuwait city, Kuwait: Food & Nutrition Administration, 2013 | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight (Survey Estimates), May 2023, New York. For more information about the methodology, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-2023-country-consultations/ Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population. | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | =>+2SD | 
0-5 years, 2009
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 4099 | 
| Riferimenti: | Surveillance: Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System [KNSS] 2009. Kuwait city, Kuwait: Food & Nutrition Administration | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight (Survey Estimates), May 2023, New York. For more information about the methodology, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-2023-country-consultations/ Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population. | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | =>+2SD | 
0-5 years, 2008
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 4199 | 
| Riferimenti: | Surveillance: Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System [KNSS] 2008. Kuwait city, Kuwait: Food & Nutrition Administration | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight (Survey Estimates), May 2023, New York. For more information about the methodology, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-2023-country-consultations/ Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population. | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | =>+2SD | 
0-5 years, 2007
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 3949 | 
| Riferimenti: | Surveillance: Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System [KNSS] 2007. Kuwait city, Kuwait: Food & Nutrition Administration | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight (Survey Estimates), May 2023, New York. For more information about the methodology, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-2023-country-consultations/ Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population. | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | =>+2SD | 
0-5 years, 2006
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 3422 | 
| Riferimenti: | Surveillance: Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System [KNSS] 2006. Kuwait city, Kuwait: Food & Nutrition Administration | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight (Survey Estimates), May 2023, New York. For more information about the methodology, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-2023-country-consultations/ Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population. | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | =>+2SD | 
0-5 years, 2005
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 5601 | 
| Riferimenti: | Surveillance: Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System [KNSS] 2005. Kuwait city, Kuwait: Food & Nutrition Administration | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight (Survey Estimates), May 2023, New York. For more information about the methodology, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-2023-country-consultations/ Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population. | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | =>+2SD | 
0-5 years, 2004
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 4381 | 
| Riferimenti: | Surveillance: Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System [KNSS] 2004. Kuwait city, Kuwait: Food & Nutrition Administration | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight (Survey Estimates), May 2023, New York. For more information about the methodology, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-2023-country-consultations/ Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population. | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | =>+2SD | 
0-5 years, 2003
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 4308 | 
| Riferimenti: | Surveillance: Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System [KNSS] 2003. Kuwait city, Kuwait: Food & Nutrition Administration | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight (Survey Estimates), May 2023, New York. For more information about the methodology, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-2023-country-consultations/ Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population. | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | =>+2SD | 
0-5 years, 2002
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 3842 | 
| Riferimenti: | Surveillance: Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System [KNSS] 2002. Kuwait city, Kuwait: Food & Nutrition Administration | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight (Survey Estimates), May 2023, New York. For more information about the methodology, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-2023-country-consultations/ Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population. | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | =>+2SD | 
0-5 years, 2001
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 4878 | 
| Riferimenti: | Surveillance: Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System [KNSS] 2001. Kuwait city, Kuwait: Food & Nutrition Administration | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight (Survey Estimates), May 2023, New York. For more information about the methodology, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-2023-country-consultations/ Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population. | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | =>+2SD | 
0-5 years, 1996-1997
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 12376 | 
| Riferimenti: | Surveillance: Kuwait national nutritional surveillance system. Nutrition unit, Ministry of Health. Al Shaab, Kuwait, 1998 | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight (Survey Estimates), May 2023, New York. For more information about the methodology, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-2023-country-consultations/ Percentage of children under 5 years of age falling above 2 standard deviations (moderate and severe) from the median weight-for-height of the reference population. | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | =>+2SD | 
Sovrappeso/obesità per età
Adulti, 2024
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 1006 | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Annual Report 2024 - Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System. (2025). Food and Nutrition Administration https://www.moh.gov.kw/en/FoodNutrition/Pages/FND.aspx [Accessed 24.07.25] | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | NB. Surveillance reliance on health centres as the primary data collection point for population may limit the generalizability of findings for adult participants. Unlike previous KNSS, this survey includes non-Kuwaitis as well as Kuwaitis. | 
| Salvo diversa indicazione, il sovrappeso si riferisce a un BMI compreso tra 25 kg e 29,9 kg/m², l'obesità si riferisce a un BMI superiore a 30 kg/m². | |
Adulti, 2023
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 1541 | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | The Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System - Annual Report 2023. (2024) Food and Nutrition Administration. https://www.moh.gov.kw/FoodNutrition/KNSS%202023.pdf [Accessed 24.07,25] | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | NB. Surveillance reliance on health centres as the primary data collection point for population may limit the generalizability of findings for adult participants | 
| Salvo diversa indicazione, il sovrappeso si riferisce a un BMI compreso tra 25 kg e 29,9 kg/m², l'obesità si riferisce a un BMI superiore a 30 kg/m². | |
Adulti, 2018
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 1772 | 
| Riferimenti: | The Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System - Annual Report 2018 . Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System. Ministry of Health. https://www.moh.gov.kw/FoodNutrition/KNSSReport2018.pdf (Last accessed 24.07.20) | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | NB. Surveillance reliance on health centres as the primary data collection point for population may limit the generalizability of findings for adult participants | 
| Salvo diversa indicazione, il sovrappeso si riferisce a un BMI compreso tra 25 kg e 29,9 kg/m², l'obesità si riferisce a un BMI superiore a 30 kg/m². | |
Bambini, 2024
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 17,879 | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Annual Report 2024 - Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System. (2025). Food and Nutrition Administration https://www.moh.gov.kw/en/FoodNutrition/Pages/FND.aspx [Accessed 24.07.25] | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | NB. Includes Kuwaiti and non-Kuwaiti children | 
| Cutoffs: | WHO | 
Bambini, 2018
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 12298 | 
| Riferimenti: | The Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System - Annual Report 2018 . Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System. Ministry of Health. https://www.moh.gov.kw/FoodNutrition/KNSSReport2018.pdf (Last accessed 24.07.20) | 
| Cutoffs: | WHO | 
Bambini, 2016
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 12396 | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | The Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System. 2016. 2016 Annual Report. Available from: https://www.moh.gov.kw/Renderers/ShowPdf.ashx?Id=62b5708c-d2fa-45a5-b677-c02632ac76a7. [Last accessed 30 January 2019] | 
| Cutoffs: | WHO | 
Sovrappeso/obesità per regione
Adulti, 2024
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 19+ | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 1006 | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Annual Report 2024 - Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System. (2025). Food and Nutrition Administration https://www.moh.gov.kw/en/FoodNutrition/Pages/FND.aspx [Accessed 24.07.25] | 
| Salvo diversa indicazione, il sovrappeso si riferisce a un BMI compreso tra 25 kg e 29,9 kg/m², l'obesità si riferisce a un BMI superiore a 30 kg/m². | |
Adulti, 2023
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 19+ | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 1541 | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | The Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System - Annual Report 2023. (2024) Food and Nutrition Administration. https://www.moh.gov.kw/FoodNutrition/KNSS%202023.pdf [Accessed 24.07,25] | 
| Salvo diversa indicazione, il sovrappeso si riferisce a un BMI compreso tra 25 kg e 29,9 kg/m², l'obesità si riferisce a un BMI superiore a 30 kg/m². | |
Adulti, 2018
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 19+ | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 1772 | 
| Riferimenti: | The Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System - Annual Report 2018 . Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System. Ministry of Health. https://www.moh.gov.kw/FoodNutrition/KNSSReport2018.pdf (Last accessed 24.07.20) | 
| Salvo diversa indicazione, il sovrappeso si riferisce a un BMI compreso tra 25 kg e 29,9 kg/m², l'obesità si riferisce a un BMI superiore a 30 kg/m². | |
Bambini, 2024
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 5-19 | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 17,879 | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Annual Report 2024 - Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System. (2025). Food and Nutrition Administration https://www.moh.gov.kw/en/FoodNutrition/Pages/FND.aspx [Accessed 24.07.25] | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | Unlike previous KNSS reports, this data includes non-Kuwaitis as well as Kuwaitis. | 
| Cutoffs: | WHO | 
Bambini, 2018
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 5-19 | 
| Dimensioni del campione: | 12298 | 
| Riferimenti: | The Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System - Annual Report 2018 . Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System. Ministry of Health. https://www.moh.gov.kw/FoodNutrition/KNSSReport2018.pdf (Last accessed 24.07.20) | 
| Cutoffs: | WHO | 
Double burden of underweight & overweight
Adulti, 2022
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 20+ | 
| Riferimenti: | NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults. Lancet 2024; published online Feb 29. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(23)02750-2. | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | Age Standardised estimates | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Combined prevalence of BMI<18.5 kg/m² and BMI>=30 kg/m² (double burden of underweight and obesity) | 
Bambini, 2022
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 5-19 | 
| Riferimenti: | NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults. Lancet 2024; published online Feb 29. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(23)02750-2. | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | Age standardised estimates | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Combined prevalence of BMI < -2SD and BMI > 2SD (double burden of thinness and obesity) | 
| Cutoffs: | BMI < -2SD and BMI > 2SD | 
0-5 years, 2023
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Riferimenti: | United Nations Children’s Fund, Division of Data, Analysis, Planning and Monitoring (2025). Global UNICEF Global Databases: Overlapping Stunting, Wasting and Overweight (Survey Estimates), 2025, New York. For more information, visit: https://data.unicef.org/topic/nutrition/malnutrition/ [Accessed 06.08.25] | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System [KNSS] 2023. Kuwait city, Kuwait: Food & Nutrition Administration | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Combined percentage of children under 5 years of age who are either wasted, stunted, or overweight (falling below -2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height, falling below -2 standard deviations from the median height for age, or falling at or above +2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height of the reference population) | 
| Cutoffs: | WHZ <-2, HAZ <-2 and WHZ >+2 | 
0-5 years, 2022
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Riferimenti: | United Nations Children’s Fund, Division of Data, Analysis, Planning and Monitoring (2025). Global UNICEF Global Databases: Overlapping Stunting, Wasting and Overweight (Survey Estimates), 2025, New York. For more information, visit: https://data.unicef.org/topic/nutrition/malnutrition/ [Accessed 06.08.25] | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System 2022 | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Combined percentage of children under 5 years of age who are either wasted, stunted, or overweight (falling below -2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height, falling below -2 standard deviations from the median height for age, or falling at or above +2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height of the reference population) | 
| Cutoffs: | WHZ <-2, HAZ <-2 and WHZ >+2 | 
0-5 years, 2021
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Riferimenti: | United Nations Children’s Fund, Division of Data, Analysis, Planning and Monitoring (2025). Global UNICEF Global Databases: Overlapping Stunting, Wasting and Overweight (Survey Estimates), 2025, New York. For more information, visit: https://data.unicef.org/topic/nutrition/malnutrition/ [Accessed 06.08.25] | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | Kuwait Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (2021 Extract) | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Combined percentage of children under 5 years of age who are either wasted, stunted, or overweight (falling below -2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height, falling below -2 standard deviations from the median height for age, or falling at or above +2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height of the reference population) | 
| Cutoffs: | WHZ <-2, HAZ <-2 and WHZ >+2 | 
0-5 years, 2020
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Riferimenti: | United Nations Children’s Fund, Division of Data, Analysis, Planning and Monitoring (2025). Global UNICEF Global Databases: Overlapping Stunting, Wasting and Overweight (Survey Estimates), 2025, New York. For more information, visit: https://data.unicef.org/topic/nutrition/malnutrition/ [Accessed 06.08.25] | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System [KNSS] 2020. Kuwait city, Kuwait: Food & Nutrition Administration | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Combined percentage of children under 5 years of age who are either wasted, stunted, or overweight (falling below -2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height, falling below -2 standard deviations from the median height for age, or falling at or above +2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height of the reference population) | 
| Cutoffs: | WHZ <-2, HAZ <-2 and WHZ >+2 | 
0-5 years, 2019
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Riferimenti: | United Nations Children’s Fund, Division of Data, Analysis, Planning and Monitoring (2025). Global UNICEF Global Databases: Overlapping Stunting, Wasting and Overweight (Survey Estimates), 2025, New York. For more information, visit: https://data.unicef.org/topic/nutrition/malnutrition/ [Accessed 06.08.25] | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System [KNSS] 2019. Kuwait city, Kuwait: Food & Nutrition Administration | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Combined percentage of children under 5 years of age who are either wasted, stunted, or overweight (falling below -2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height, falling below -2 standard deviations from the median height for age, or falling at or above +2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height of the reference population) | 
| Cutoffs: | WHZ <-2, HAZ <-2 and WHZ >+2 | 
0-5 years, 2018
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Riferimenti: | United Nations Children’s Fund, Division of Data, Analysis, Planning and Monitoring (2025). Global UNICEF Global Databases: Overlapping Stunting, Wasting and Overweight (Survey Estimates), 2025, New York. For more information, visit: https://data.unicef.org/topic/nutrition/malnutrition/ [Accessed 06.08.25] | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System [KNSS] 2018. Kuwait city, Kuwait: Food & Nutrition Administration | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Combined percentage of children under 5 years of age who are either wasted, stunted, or overweight (falling below -2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height, falling below -2 standard deviations from the median height for age, or falling at or above +2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height of the reference population) | 
| Cutoffs: | WHZ <-2, HAZ <-2 and WHZ >+2 | 
0-5 years, 2017
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Riferimenti: | United Nations Children’s Fund, Division of Data, Analysis, Planning and Monitoring (2025). Global UNICEF Global Databases: Overlapping Stunting, Wasting and Overweight (Survey Estimates), 2025, New York. For more information, visit: https://data.unicef.org/topic/nutrition/malnutrition/ [Accessed 06.08.25] | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System [KNSS] 2017. Kuwait city, Kuwait: Food & Nutrition Administration | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Combined percentage of children under 5 years of age who are either wasted, stunted, or overweight (falling below -2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height, falling below -2 standard deviations from the median height for age, or falling at or above +2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height of the reference population) | 
| Cutoffs: | WHZ <-2, HAZ <-2 and WHZ >+2 | 
0-5 years, 2016
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Riferimenti: | United Nations Children’s Fund, Division of Data, Analysis, Planning and Monitoring (2025). Global UNICEF Global Databases: Overlapping Stunting, Wasting and Overweight (Survey Estimates), 2025, New York. For more information, visit: https://data.unicef.org/topic/nutrition/malnutrition/ [Accessed 06.08.25] | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System [KNSS] 2016. Kuwait city, Kuwait: Food & Nutrition Administration | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Combined percentage of children under 5 years of age who are either wasted, stunted, or overweight (falling below -2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height, falling below -2 standard deviations from the median height for age, or falling at or above +2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height of the reference population) | 
| Cutoffs: | WHZ <-2, HAZ <-2 and WHZ >+2 | 
0-5 years, 2015
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Riferimenti: | United Nations Children’s Fund, Division of Data, Analysis, Planning and Monitoring (2025). Global UNICEF Global Databases: Overlapping Stunting, Wasting and Overweight (Survey Estimates), 2025, New York. For more information, visit: https://data.unicef.org/topic/nutrition/malnutrition/ [Accessed 06.08.25] | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | The Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System [KNSS] 2015 Annual Report. Kuwait City. Food & Nutrition Administration | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Combined percentage of children under 5 years of age who are either wasted, stunted, or overweight (falling below -2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height, falling below -2 standard deviations from the median height for age, or falling at or above +2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height of the reference population) | 
| Cutoffs: | WHZ <-2, HAZ <-2 and WHZ >+2 | 
0-5 years, 2014
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Riferimenti: | United Nations Children’s Fund, Division of Data, Analysis, Planning and Monitoring (2025). Global UNICEF Global Databases: Overlapping Stunting, Wasting and Overweight (Survey Estimates), 2025, New York. For more information, visit: https://data.unicef.org/topic/nutrition/malnutrition/ [Accessed 06.08.25] | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System [KNSS] 2014. Kuwait city, Kuwait: Food & Nutrition Administration, 2015 | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Combined percentage of children under 5 years of age who are either wasted, stunted, or overweight (falling below -2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height, falling below -2 standard deviations from the median height for age, or falling at or above +2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height of the reference population) | 
| Cutoffs: | WHZ <-2, HAZ <-2 and WHZ >+2 | 
0-5 years, 2013
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Riferimenti: | United Nations Children’s Fund, Division of Data, Analysis, Planning and Monitoring (2025). Global UNICEF Global Databases: Overlapping Stunting, Wasting and Overweight (Survey Estimates), 2025, New York. For more information, visit: https://data.unicef.org/topic/nutrition/malnutrition/ [Accessed 06.08.25] | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System [KNSS] 2013. Kuwait city, Kuwait: Food & Nutrition Administration, 2015 | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Combined percentage of children under 5 years of age who are either wasted, stunted, or overweight (falling below -2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height, falling below -2 standard deviations from the median height for age, or falling at or above +2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height of the reference population) | 
| Cutoffs: | WHZ <-2, HAZ <-2 and WHZ >+2 | 
0-5 years, 2012
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Riferimenti: | United Nations Children’s Fund, Division of Data, Analysis, Planning and Monitoring (2025). Global UNICEF Global Databases: Overlapping Stunting, Wasting and Overweight (Survey Estimates), 2025, New York. For more information, visit: https://data.unicef.org/topic/nutrition/malnutrition/ [Accessed 06.08.25] | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System [KNSS] 2012. Kuwait city, Kuwait: Food & Nutrition Administration, 2013 | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Combined percentage of children under 5 years of age who are either wasted, stunted, or overweight (falling below -2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height, falling below -2 standard deviations from the median height for age, or falling at or above +2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height of the reference population) | 
| Cutoffs: | WHZ <-2, HAZ <-2 and WHZ >+2 | 
0-5 years, 2011
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Riferimenti: | United Nations Children’s Fund, Division of Data, Analysis, Planning and Monitoring (2025). Global UNICEF Global Databases: Overlapping Stunting, Wasting and Overweight (Survey Estimates), 2025, New York. For more information, visit: https://data.unicef.org/topic/nutrition/malnutrition/ [Accessed 06.08.25] | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System [KNSS] 2011. Kuwait city, Kuwait: Food & Nutrition Administration, 2013 | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Combined percentage of children under 5 years of age who are either wasted, stunted, or overweight (falling below -2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height, falling below -2 standard deviations from the median height for age, or falling at or above +2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height of the reference population) | 
| Cutoffs: | WHZ <-2, HAZ <-2 and WHZ >+2 | 
0-5 years, 2010
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Riferimenti: | United Nations Children’s Fund, Division of Data, Analysis, Planning and Monitoring (2025). Global UNICEF Global Databases: Overlapping Stunting, Wasting and Overweight (Survey Estimates), 2025, New York. For more information, visit: https://data.unicef.org/topic/nutrition/malnutrition/ [Accessed 06.08.25] | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System [KNSS] 2010. Kuwait city, Kuwait: Food & Nutrition Administration, 2013 | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Combined percentage of children under 5 years of age who are either wasted, stunted, or overweight (falling below -2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height, falling below -2 standard deviations from the median height for age, or falling at or above +2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height of the reference population) | 
| Cutoffs: | WHZ <-2, HAZ <-2 and WHZ >+2 | 
0-5 years, 2009
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Riferimenti: | United Nations Children’s Fund, Division of Data, Analysis, Planning and Monitoring (2025). Global UNICEF Global Databases: Overlapping Stunting, Wasting and Overweight (Survey Estimates), 2025, New York. For more information, visit: https://data.unicef.org/topic/nutrition/malnutrition/ [Accessed 06.08.25] | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System [KNSS] 2009. Kuwait city, Kuwait: Food & Nutrition Administration | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Combined percentage of children under 5 years of age who are either wasted, stunted, or overweight (falling below -2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height, falling below -2 standard deviations from the median height for age, or falling at or above +2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height of the reference population) | 
| Cutoffs: | WHZ <-2, HAZ <-2 and WHZ >+2 | 
0-5 years, 2008
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Riferimenti: | United Nations Children’s Fund, Division of Data, Analysis, Planning and Monitoring (2025). Global UNICEF Global Databases: Overlapping Stunting, Wasting and Overweight (Survey Estimates), 2025, New York. For more information, visit: https://data.unicef.org/topic/nutrition/malnutrition/ [Accessed 06.08.25] | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System [KNSS] 2008. Kuwait city, Kuwait: Food & Nutrition Administration | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Combined percentage of children under 5 years of age who are either wasted, stunted, or overweight (falling below -2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height, falling below -2 standard deviations from the median height for age, or falling at or above +2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height of the reference population) | 
| Cutoffs: | WHZ <-2, HAZ <-2 and WHZ >+2 | 
0-5 years, 2007
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Riferimenti: | United Nations Children’s Fund, Division of Data, Analysis, Planning and Monitoring (2025). Global UNICEF Global Databases: Overlapping Stunting, Wasting and Overweight (Survey Estimates), 2025, New York. For more information, visit: https://data.unicef.org/topic/nutrition/malnutrition/ [Accessed 06.08.25] | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System [KNSS] 2007. Kuwait city, Kuwait: Food & Nutrition Administration | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Combined percentage of children under 5 years of age who are either wasted, stunted, or overweight (falling below -2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height, falling below -2 standard deviations from the median height for age, or falling at or above +2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height of the reference population) | 
| Cutoffs: | WHZ <-2, HAZ <-2 and WHZ >+2 | 
0-5 years, 2006
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Riferimenti: | United Nations Children’s Fund, Division of Data, Analysis, Planning and Monitoring (2025). Global UNICEF Global Databases: Overlapping Stunting, Wasting and Overweight (Survey Estimates), 2025, New York. For more information, visit: https://data.unicef.org/topic/nutrition/malnutrition/ [Accessed 06.08.25] | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System [KNSS] 2006. Kuwait city, Kuwait: Food & Nutrition Administration | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Combined percentage of children under 5 years of age who are either wasted, stunted, or overweight (falling below -2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height, falling below -2 standard deviations from the median height for age, or falling at or above +2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height of the reference population) | 
| Cutoffs: | WHZ <-2, HAZ <-2 and WHZ >+2 | 
0-5 years, 2005
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Riferimenti: | United Nations Children’s Fund, Division of Data, Analysis, Planning and Monitoring (2025). Global UNICEF Global Databases: Overlapping Stunting, Wasting and Overweight (Survey Estimates), 2025, New York. For more information, visit: https://data.unicef.org/topic/nutrition/malnutrition/ [Accessed 06.08.25] | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System [KNSS] 2005. Kuwait city, Kuwait: Food & Nutrition Administration | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Combined percentage of children under 5 years of age who are either wasted, stunted, or overweight (falling below -2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height, falling below -2 standard deviations from the median height for age, or falling at or above +2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height of the reference population) | 
| Cutoffs: | WHZ <-2, HAZ <-2 and WHZ >+2 | 
0-5 years, 2004
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Riferimenti: | United Nations Children’s Fund, Division of Data, Analysis, Planning and Monitoring (2025). Global UNICEF Global Databases: Overlapping Stunting, Wasting and Overweight (Survey Estimates), 2025, New York. For more information, visit: https://data.unicef.org/topic/nutrition/malnutrition/ [Accessed 06.08.25] | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System [KNSS] 2004. Kuwait city, Kuwait: Food & Nutrition Administration | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Combined percentage of children under 5 years of age who are either wasted, stunted, or overweight (falling below -2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height, falling below -2 standard deviations from the median height for age, or falling at or above +2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height of the reference population) | 
| Cutoffs: | WHZ <-2, HAZ <-2 and WHZ >+2 | 
0-5 years, 2003
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Riferimenti: | United Nations Children’s Fund, Division of Data, Analysis, Planning and Monitoring (2025). Global UNICEF Global Databases: Overlapping Stunting, Wasting and Overweight (Survey Estimates), 2025, New York. For more information, visit: https://data.unicef.org/topic/nutrition/malnutrition/ [Accessed 06.08.25] | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System [KNSS] 2003. Kuwait city, Kuwait: Food & Nutrition Administration | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Combined percentage of children under 5 years of age who are either wasted, stunted, or overweight (falling below -2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height, falling below -2 standard deviations from the median height for age, or falling at or above +2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height of the reference population) | 
| Cutoffs: | WHZ <-2, HAZ <-2 and WHZ >+2 | 
0-5 years, 2002
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Riferimenti: | United Nations Children’s Fund, Division of Data, Analysis, Planning and Monitoring (2025). Global UNICEF Global Databases: Overlapping Stunting, Wasting and Overweight (Survey Estimates), 2025, New York. For more information, visit: https://data.unicef.org/topic/nutrition/malnutrition/ [Accessed 06.08.25] | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System [KNSS] 2002. Kuwait city, Kuwait: Food & Nutrition Administration | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Combined percentage of children under 5 years of age who are either wasted, stunted, or overweight (falling below -2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height, falling below -2 standard deviations from the median height for age, or falling at or above +2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height of the reference population) | 
| Cutoffs: | WHZ <-2, HAZ <-2 and WHZ >+2 | 
0-5 years, 2001
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 0-5 | 
| Riferimenti: | United Nations Children’s Fund, Division of Data, Analysis, Planning and Monitoring (2025). Global UNICEF Global Databases: Overlapping Stunting, Wasting and Overweight (Survey Estimates), 2025, New York. For more information, visit: https://data.unicef.org/topic/nutrition/malnutrition/ [Accessed 06.08.25] | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | Kuwait Nutrition Surveillance System [KNSS] 2001. Kuwait city, Kuwait: Food & Nutrition Administration | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Combined percentage of children under 5 years of age who are either wasted, stunted, or overweight (falling below -2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height, falling below -2 standard deviations from the median height for age, or falling at or above +2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height of the reference population) | 
| Cutoffs: | WHZ <-2, HAZ <-2 and WHZ >+2 | 
Attività fisica insufficiente
Adulti, 2022
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Auto-riferito | 
| Età: | 18+ | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | WHO (2024). Prevalence of insufficient physical activity among adults aged 18-years age-standardized estimate in 2022. Available at https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/indicators/indicator-details/GHO/prevalence-of-insufficient-physical-activity-among-adults-aged-18-years-(age-standardized-estimate)-(-) | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Percent of population attaining less than 150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity per week, or less than 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity physical activity per week, or equivalent. | 
Uomini, 2022
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Auto-riferito | 
| Età: | 18+ | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | WHO (2024). Prevalence of insufficient physical activity among adults aged 18-years age-standardized estimate in 2022. Available at https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/indicators/indicator-details/GHO/prevalence-of-insufficient-physical-activity-among-adults-aged-18-years-(age-standardized-estimate)-(-) | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Percent of population attaining less than 150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity per week, or less than 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity physical activity per week, or equivalent. | 
Donne, 2022
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Auto-riferito | 
| Età: | 18+ | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | WHO (2024). Prevalence of insufficient physical activity among adults aged 18-years age-standardized estimate in 2022. Available at https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/indicators/indicator-details/GHO/prevalence-of-insufficient-physical-activity-among-adults-aged-18-years-(age-standardized-estimate)-(-) | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Percent of population attaining less than 150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity per week, or less than 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity physical activity per week, or equivalent. | 
Adulti, 2016
| Riferimenti: | Guthold R, Stevens GA, Riley LM, Bull FC. Worldwide trends in insufficient physical activity from 2001 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 358 population-based surveys with 1.9 million participants. Lancet 2018 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30357-7 | 
Uomini, 2016
| Riferimenti: | Guthold R, Stevens GA, Riley LM, Bull FC. Worldwide trends in insufficient physical activity from 2001 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 358 population-based surveys with 1.9 million participants. Lancet 2018 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30357-7 | 
Donne, 2016
| Riferimenti: | Guthold R, Stevens GA, Riley LM, Bull FC. Worldwide trends in insufficient physical activity from 2001 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 358 population-based surveys with 1.9 million participants. Lancet 2018 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30357-7 | 
Bambini, 2016
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Auto-riferito | 
| Età: | 11-17 | 
| Riferimenti: | Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation, https://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A893ADO?lang=en (last accessed 16.03.21) | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | % of school going adolescents not meeting WHO recommendations on Physical Activity for Health, i.e. doing less than 60 minutes of moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity daily. | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | % Adolescents insufficiently active (age standardised estimate) | 
Ragazzi, 2016
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Auto-riferito | 
| Età: | 11-17 | 
| Riferimenti: | Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation, https://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A893ADO?lang=en (last accessed 16.03.21) | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | % of school going adolescents not meeting WHO recommendations on Physical Activity for Health, i.e. doing less than 60 minutes of moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity daily. | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | % Adolescents insufficiently active (age standardised estimate) | 
Ragazze, 2016
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Auto-riferito | 
| Età: | 11-17 | 
| Riferimenti: | Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation, https://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A893ADO?lang=en (last accessed 16.03.21) | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | % of school going adolescents not meeting WHO recommendations on Physical Activity for Health, i.e. doing less than 60 minutes of moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity daily. | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | % Adolescents insufficiently active (age standardised estimate) | 
Bambini, 2010
| Età: | 11-17 | 
| Riferimenti: | Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation, http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A893?lang=en | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | % of school going adolescents not meeting WHO recommendations on Physical Activity for Health, i.e. doing less than 60 minutes of moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity daily. | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | % Adolescents insufficiently active (age standardised estimate) | 
Ragazzi, 2010
| Età: | 11-17 | 
| Riferimenti: | Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation, http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A893?lang=en | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | % of school going adolescents not meeting WHO recommendations on Physical Activity for Health, i.e. doing less than 60 minutes of moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity daily. | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | % Adolescents insufficiently active (age standardised estimate) | 
Ragazze, 2010
| Età: | 11-17 | 
| Riferimenti: | Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation, http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A893?lang=en | 
| Note (disponibile solo in inglese): | % of school going adolescents not meeting WHO recommendations on Physical Activity for Health, i.e. doing less than 60 minutes of moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity daily. | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | % Adolescents insufficiently active (age standardised estimate) | 
Frequenza media giornaliera del consumo di bibite gassate
Bambini, 2009-2015
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 12-17 | 
| Riferimenti: | Beal et al. (2019). Global Patterns of Adolescent Fruit, Vegetable, Carbonated Soft Drink, and Fast-food consumption: A meta-analysis of global school-based student health surveys. Food and Nutrition Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1177/0379572119848287 sourced from Food Systems Dashboard http://www.foodsystemsdashboard.org/food-system | 
Estimated per capita fruit intake
Adulti, 2017
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 25+ | 
| Riferimenti: | Global Burden of Disease, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation http://ghdx.healthdata.org/ | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Estimated per-capita fruit intake (g/day) | 
Prevalenza di un consumo di frutta inferiore a 1 volta al giorno
Bambini, 2015
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Auto-riferito | 
| Età: | 12-17 | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Global School-based Student Health Surveys. Beal et al (2019). Global Patterns of Adolescent Fruit, Vegetable, Carbonated Soft Drink, and Fast-food consumption: A meta-analysis of global school-based student health surveys. Food and Nutrition Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1177/0379572119848287. Sourced from Food Systems Dashboard http://www.foodsystemsdashboard.org/food-system | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Prevalence of less-than-daily fruit consumption (% less-than-daily fruit consumption) | 
Prevalenza di un consumo di verdura inferiore a 1 volta al giorno
Bambini, 2015
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Auto-riferito | 
| Età: | 12-17 | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Beal et al. (2019). Global Patterns of Adolescent Fruit, Vegetable, Carbonated Soft Drink, and Fast-food consumption: A meta-analysis of global school-based student health surveys. Food and Nutrition Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1177/0379572119848287 sourced from Food Systems Dashboard http://www.foodsystemsdashboard.org/food-system | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Prevalence of less-than-daily vegetable consumption (% less-than-daily vegetable consumption) | 
Frequenza media settimanale del consumo di fast food
Bambini, 2009-2015
| Età: | 12-17 | 
| Riferimenti: | Beal et al. (2019). Global Patterns of Adolescent Fruit, Vegetable, Carbonated Soft Drink, and Fast-food consumption: A meta-analysis of global school-based student health surveys. Food and Nutrition Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1177/0379572119848287 sourced from Food Systems Dashboard http://www.foodsystemsdashboard.org/food-system | 
Assunzione stimata pro capite di carni lavorate
Adulti, 2017
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 25+ | 
| Riferimenti: | Global Burden of Disease, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation http://ghdx.healthdata.org/ | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Estimated per-capita processed meat intake (g per day) | 
Estimated per capita whole grains intake
Adulti, 2017
| Tipo di sondaggio: | Misurato | 
| Età: | 25+ | 
| Riferimenti: | Global Burden of Disease, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation http://ghdx.healthdata.org/ | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Estimated per-capita whole grains intake (g/day) | 
Salute mentale - disturbi depressivi
Adulti, 2021
| Età: | 20+ | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). GBD Compare Data Visualization. Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2021. Seattle, WA: IHME, University of Washington, 2023. Available from http://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-compare. (Last accessed 23.04.25) | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Number living with depression per 100,000 population (adults 20+ years) | 
Uomini, 2021
| Età: | 20+ | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). GBD Compare Data Visualization. Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2021. Seattle, WA: IHME, University of Washington, 2023. Available from http://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-compare. (Last accessed 23.04.25) | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Number living with depression per 100,000 population (adults 20+ years) | 
Donne, 2021
| Età: | 20+ | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). GBD Compare Data Visualization. Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2021. Seattle, WA: IHME, University of Washington, 2023. Available from http://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-compare. (Last accessed 23.04.25) | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Number living with depression per 100,000 population (adults 20+ years) | 
Adulti, 2015
| Riferimenti: | Prevalence data from Global Burden of Disease study 2015 (http://ghdx.healthdata.org) published in: Depression and Other Common Mental Disorders: Global Health Estimates. Geneva:World Health Organization; 2017. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | % of population with depression disorders | 
Bambini, 2021
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). GBD Compare Data Visualization. Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2021. Seattle, WA: IHME, University of Washington, 2023. Available from http://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-compare. (Last accessed 23.04.25) | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Number living with depressive disorder per 100,000 population (Under 20 years of age) | 
Ragazzi, 2021
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). GBD Compare Data Visualization. Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2021. Seattle, WA: IHME, University of Washington, 2023. Available from http://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-compare. (Last accessed 23.04.25) | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Number living with depressive disorder per 100,000 population (Under 20 years of age) | 
Ragazze, 2021
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). GBD Compare Data Visualization. Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2021. Seattle, WA: IHME, University of Washington, 2023. Available from http://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-compare. (Last accessed 23.04.25) | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Number living with depressive disorder per 100,000 population (Under 20 years of age) | 
Salute mentale - disturbi d'ansia
Adulti, 2021
| Età: | 20+ | 
| Riferimenti: | Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). GBD Compare Data Visualization. Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2021. Seattle, WA: IHME, University of Washington, 2023. Available from http://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-compare. (Last accessed 23.04.25). | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Number living with anxiety per 100,000 population | 
Uomini, 2021
| Età: | 20+ | 
| Riferimenti: | Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). GBD Compare Data Visualization. Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2021. Seattle, WA: IHME, University of Washington, 2023. Available from http://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-compare. (Last accessed 23.04.25). | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Number living with anxiety per 100,000 population | 
Donne, 2021
| Età: | 20+ | 
| Riferimenti: | Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). GBD Compare Data Visualization. Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2021. Seattle, WA: IHME, University of Washington, 2023. Available from http://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-compare. (Last accessed 23.04.25). | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Number living with anxiety per 100,000 population | 
Adulti, 2015
| Riferimenti: | Prevalence data from Global Burden of Disease study 2015 (http://ghdx.healthdata.org) published in: Depression and Other Common Mental Disorders: Global Health Estimates. Geneva:World Health Organization; 2017. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | % of population with anxiety disorders | 
Bambini, 2021
| Riferimenti: | Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). GBD Compare Data Visualization. Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2021. Seattle, WA: IHME, University of Washington, 2023. Available from http://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-compare. (Last accessed 23.04.25) | 
Ragazzi, 2021
| Riferimenti: | Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). GBD Compare Data Visualization. Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2021. Seattle, WA: IHME, University of Washington, 2023. Available from http://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-compare. (Last accessed 23.04.25) | 
Ragazze, 2021
| Riferimenti: | Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). GBD Compare Data Visualization. Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2021. Seattle, WA: IHME, University of Washington, 2023. Available from http://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-compare. (Last accessed 23.04.25) | 
Cancro dell'esofago
Uomini, 2022
| Età: | 20+ | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Laversanne M, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2024).Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.who.int/today, accessed [16.07.24] | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Indicence per 100,000 | 
Donne, 2022
| Età: | 20+ | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Laversanne M, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2024).Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.who.int/today, accessed [16.07.24] | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Indicence per 100,000 | 
Uomini, 2020
| Età: | 20+ | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2020). Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.fr/today, accessed 10.01.2207 | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Age-standardized indicence rates per 100 000 | 
Donne, 2020
| Età: | 20+ | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2020). Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.fr/today, accessed 10.01.2207 | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Age-standardized indicence rates per 100 000 | 
Cancro al seno
Donne, 2022
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Laversanne M, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2024).Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.who.int/today, accessed [16.07.24] | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Incidence per 100,000 | 
Cancro colon-rettale
Uomini, 2022
| Età: | 20+ | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Laversanne M, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2024).Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.who.int/today, accessed [16.07.24] | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Incidence per 100,000 | 
Donne, 2022
| Età: | 20+ | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Laversanne M, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2024).Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.who.int/today, accessed [16.07.24] | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Incidence per 100,000 | 
Uomini, 2020
| Età: | 20+ | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2020). Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.fr/today, accessed 10.01.2207 | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Age-standardized indicence rates per 100 000 | 
Donne, 2020
| Età: | 20+ | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2020). Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.fr/today, accessed 10.01.2207 | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Age-standardized indicence rates per 100 000 | 
Cancro del pancreas
Uomini, 2022
| Età: | 20+ | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Laversanne M, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2024).Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.who.int/today, accessed [16.07.24] | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Incidence per 100,000 | 
Donne, 2022
| Età: | 20+ | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Laversanne M, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2024).Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.who.int/today, accessed [16.07.24] | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Incidence per 100,000 | 
Uomini, 2020
| Età: | 20+ | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2020). Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.fr/today, accessed 10.01.2207 | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Age-standardized indicence rates per 100 000 | 
Donne, 2020
| Età: | 20+ | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2020). Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.fr/today, accessed 10.01.2207 | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Age-standardized indicence rates per 100 000 | 
Cancro della colecisti
Uomini, 2022
| Età: | 20+ | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Laversanne M, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2024).Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.who.int/today, accessed [16.07.24] | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Indicence per 100,000 | 
Donne, 2022
| Età: | 20+ | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Laversanne M, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2024).Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.who.int/today, accessed [16.07.24] | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Indicence per 100,000 | 
Uomini, 2020
| Età: | 20+ | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2020). Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.fr/today, accessed 10.01.2207 | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Age-standardized indicence rates per 100 000 | 
Donne, 2020
| Età: | 20+ | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2020). Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.fr/today, accessed 10.01.2207 | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Age-standardized indicence rates per 100 000 | 
Cancro del rene
Uomini, 2022
| Età: | 20+ | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Laversanne M, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2024).Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.who.int/today, accessed [16.07.24] | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Incidence per 100,000 | 
Donne, 2022
| Età: | 20+ | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Laversanne M, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2024).Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.who.int/today, accessed [16.07.24] | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Incidence per 100,000 | 
Uomini, 2020
| Età: | 20+ | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2020). Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.fr/today, accessed 10.01.2207 | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Age-standardized indicence rates per 100 000 | 
Donne, 2020
| Età: | 20+ | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2020). Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.fr/today, accessed 10.01.2207 | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Age-standardized indicence rates per 100 000 | 
Cancro dell'utero
Donne, 2022
| Età: | 20+ | 
| Riferimenti: | Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Laversanne M, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2024).Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.who.int/today, accessed [16.07.24] | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Incidence per 100,000 | 
Donne, 2020
| Età: | 20+ | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2020). Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.fr/today, accessed 10.01.2207 | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Age-standardized indicence rates per 100 000 | 
Aumento della pressione arteriosa
Adulti, 2015
| Riferimenti: | Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation, http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A875?lang=en | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Age Standardised estimated % Raised blood pressure 2015 (SBP>=140 OR DBP>=90). | 
Uomini, 2015
| Riferimenti: | Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation, http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A875?lang=en | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Age Standardised estimated % Raised blood pressure 2015 (SBP>=140 OR DBP>=90). | 
Donne, 2015
| Riferimenti: | Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation, http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A875?lang=en | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Age Standardised estimated % Raised blood pressure 2015 (SBP>=140 OR DBP>=90). | 
Aumento del colesterolo
Adulti, 2008
| Riferimenti: | Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation, http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A885 | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | % Raised total cholesterol (>= 5.0 mmol/L) (age-standardized estimate). | 
Uomini, 2008
| Riferimenti: | Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation, http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A885 | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | % Raised total cholesterol (>= 5.0 mmol/L) (age-standardized estimate). | 
Donne, 2008
| Riferimenti: | Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation, http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A885 | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | % Raised total cholesterol (>= 5.0 mmol/L) (age-standardized estimate). | 
Aumento della glicemia a digiuno
Uomini, 2014
| Riferimenti: | Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation, http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A869?lang=en | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Age Standardised % raised fasting blood glucose (>= 7.0 mmol/L or on medication). | 
Donne, 2014
| Riferimenti: | Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation, http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A869?lang=en | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Age Standardised % raised fasting blood glucose (>= 7.0 mmol/L or on medication). | 
Prevalenza del diabete
Adulti, 2024
| Riferimenti: | Reproduced with kind permission International Diabetes Federation. IDF Diabetes Atlas, 11th edn. Brussels, Belgium:International Diabetes Federation, 2025. http://www.diabetesatlas.org | 
Adulti, 2021
| Età: | 20-79 | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Reproduced with kind permission International Diabetes Federation. IDF Diabetes Atlas, 10th edn. Brussels, Belgium:International Diabetes Federation, 2021. http://www.diabetesatlas.org | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Age-adjusted comparative prevalence of diabetes, % | 
Adulti, 2019
| Età: | 20-79 | 
| Riferimenti: | Reproduced with kind permission International Diabetes Federation. IDF Diabetes Atlas, 9th edn. Brussels,Belgium: 2019. Available at: https://www.diabetesatlas.org | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Diabetes age-adjusted comparative prevalence (%). | 
Adulti, 2017
| Riferimenti: | Reproduced with kind permission of IDF, International Diabetes Federation. IDF Diabetes Atlas, 8th edition. Brussels, Belgium: International Diabetes Federation, 2017. http://www.diabetesatlas.org | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Diabetes age-adjusted comparative prevalence (%). | 
Ovarian Cancer
Donne, 2022
| Età: | 20+ | 
| Riferimenti: | Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Laversanne M, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2024).Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.who.int/today, accessed [16.07.24] | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Incidence per 100,000 | 
Leukemia
Uomini, 2022
| Età: | 20+ | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Laversanne M, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2024).Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.who.int/today, accessed [16.07.24] | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Incidence per 100,000 | 
| Salvo diversa indicazione, il sovrappeso si riferisce a un BMI compreso tra 25 kg e 29,9 kg/m², l'obesità si riferisce a un BMI superiore a 30 kg/m². | |
Donne, 2022
| Età: | 20+ | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Laversanne M, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2024).Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.who.int/today, accessed [16.07.24] | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Incidence per 100,000 | 
| Salvo diversa indicazione, il sovrappeso si riferisce a un BMI compreso tra 25 kg e 29,9 kg/m², l'obesità si riferisce a un BMI superiore a 30 kg/m². | |
Liver and intrahepatic bile duct Cancer
Uomini, 2022
| Età: | 20+ | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Laversanne M, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2024).Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.who.int/today, accessed [16.07.24] | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Incidence per 100,000 | 
Donne, 2022
| Età: | 20+ | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Laversanne M, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2024).Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.who.int/today, accessed [16.07.24] | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Incidence per 100,000 | 
Multiple Myeloma
Uomini, 2022
| Età: | 20+ | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Laversanne M, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2024).Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.who.int/today, accessed [16.07.24] | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Indicence per 100,000 | 
| Salvo diversa indicazione, il sovrappeso si riferisce a un BMI compreso tra 25 kg e 29,9 kg/m², l'obesità si riferisce a un BMI superiore a 30 kg/m². | |
Donne, 2022
| Età: | 20+ | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Laversanne M, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2024).Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.who.int/today, accessed [16.07.24] | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Indicence per 100,000 | 
| Salvo diversa indicazione, il sovrappeso si riferisce a un BMI compreso tra 25 kg e 29,9 kg/m², l'obesità si riferisce a un BMI superiore a 30 kg/m². | |
Non Hodgkin Lymphoma
Uomini, 2022
| Età: | 20+ | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Laversanne M, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2024).Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.who.int/today, accessed [16.07.24] | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Incidence per 100,000 | 
| Salvo diversa indicazione, il sovrappeso si riferisce a un BMI compreso tra 25 kg e 29,9 kg/m², l'obesità si riferisce a un BMI superiore a 30 kg/m². | |
Donne, 2022
| Età: | 20+ | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Laversanne M, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2024).Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.who.int/today, accessed [16.07.24] | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Incidence per 100,000 | 
| Salvo diversa indicazione, il sovrappeso si riferisce a un BMI compreso tra 25 kg e 29,9 kg/m², l'obesità si riferisce a un BMI superiore a 30 kg/m². | |
Thyroid Cancer
Uomini, 2022
| Età: | 20+ | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Laversanne M, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2024).Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.who.int/today, accessed [16.07.24] | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Incidence per 100,000 | 
Donne, 2022
| Età: | 20+ | 
| Area coperta: | Nazionale | 
| Riferimenti: | Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, Laversanne M, Colombet M, Mery L, Piñeros M, Znaor A, Soerjomataram I, Bray F (2024).Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today. Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer. Available from: https://gco.iarc.who.int/today, accessed [16.07.24] | 
| Definizioni (disponibile solo in inglese): | Incidence per 100,000 | 
Economic impact of overweight and obesity
Policies, Interventions and Actions
Contextual factors
Disclaimer: These contextual factors should be interpreted with care. Results are updated as regularly as possible and use very specific criteria. The criteria used and full definitions are available for download at the bottom of this page.
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Labelling
| Is there mandatory nutrition labelling? | Present | 
| Front-of-package labelling? | Absent | 
| Back-of-pack nutrition declaration? | Present | 
| Color coding? | Absent | 
| Warning label? | Absent | 
Regulation and marketing
| Are there fiscal policies on unhealthy products? | Absent | 
| Tax on unhealthy foods? | Absent | 
| Tax on unhealthy drinks? | Absent | 
| Are there fiscal policies on healthy products? | Absent | 
| Subsidy on fruits? | Absent | 
| Subsidy on vegetables? | Absent | 
| Subsidy on other healthy products? | Absent | 
| Mandatory limit or ban of trans fat (all settings)? | Present | 
| Mandatory limit of trans fats in place (all settings)? | Present | 
| Ban on trans-fats or phos in place (all settings)? | Present | 
| Are there any mandatory policies/marketing restrictions on the promotion of unhealthy food/drinks to children? | Absent | 
| Mandatory restriction on broadcast media? | Absent | 
| Mandatory restriction on non-broadcast media? | Absent | 
| Voluntary policies/marketing restrictions on the promotion of unhealthy food/drinks to children? | Present | 
| Are there mandatory standards for food in schools? | Present | 
| Are there any mandatory nutrient limits in any manufactured food products? | Absent | 
| Nutrition standards for public sector procurement? | Absent | 
Political will and support
| National obesity strategy or nutrition and physical activity national strategy? | Absent | 
| National obesity strategy? | Absent | 
| National childhood obesity strategy? | Absent | 
| Comprehensive nutrition strategy? | Unknown | 
| Comprehensive physical activity strategy? | Unknown | 
| Evidence-based dietary guidelines and/or RDAs? | Present | 
| National target(s) on reducing obesity? | Present | 
| Promotion of breastfeeding? | Present | 
Monitoring and surveillance
| Monitoring of the prevalence and incidence for the main obesity-related NCDs and risk factors? | Present | 
| Within 5 years? | Present | 
Governance and resource
| Multi-sectoral national co-ordination mechanism for obesity or nutrition (including obesity)? | Present | 
Key
Last updated September 3, 2025
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