Uzbekistan
Lower-middle income
- Overview
- Obesity prevalence
- Trends over time
- Contextual factors
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National obesity risk *7/10This is a composite ‘obesity risk’ score (out of 10, the highest risk) based on obesity prevalence, rate of increase, likelihood of meeting the 2025 target, treatment indicator and childhood stunting levels.Childhood obesity risk *4,5/11This is a ‘risk score’ for each country’s likelihood of having or acquiring a major childhood obesity problem during the 2020s, taking account of current prevalence levels and risk for future obesity (based on stunting among infants, maternal obesity, maternal smoking, and breastfeeding rates).
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Obesity prevalence
Adults, 2019
| Survey type: | Measured |
| Age: | 18-69 |
| Sample size: | 3,686 |
| Area covered: | National |
| संदर्भ: | STEPS: Prevalence of Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors in the Republic of Uzbekistan, 2019. Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe; 2022. License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. https://www.who.int/europe/publications/i/item/WHO-EURO-2022-6795-46561-67569 [Accessed 22.01.26] |
| Unless otherwise noted, overweight refers to a BMI between 25kg and 29.9kg/m², obesity refers to a BMI greater than 30kg/m². | |
Women, 2017
| Survey type: | Measured |
| Age: | 15-49 |
| Sample size: | 2217 |
| Area covered: | National |
| संदर्भ: | Uzbekistan National Nutrition Survey 2017 https://www.unicef.org/uzbekistan/media/2066/file/UNS%20-%20Full%20Report.pdf |
| Unless otherwise noted, overweight refers to a BMI between 25kg and 29.9kg/m², obesity refers to a BMI greater than 30kg/m². | |
Adults, 2014
| Survey type: | Measured |
| Age: | 18-64 |
| Sample size: | 4350 |
| Area covered: | National |
| संदर्भ: | Uzbekistan STEPS Survey 2014, available at https://www.who.int/ncds/surveillance/steps/uzbekistan/en/ (last accessed 22.10.20) |
| Unless otherwise noted, overweight refers to a BMI between 25kg and 29.9kg/m², obesity refers to a BMI greater than 30kg/m². | |
Adults, 2002
| Survey type: | Measured |
| Sample size: | 7025 |
| Area covered: | National |
| संदर्भ: | Analytical and Information Center, Ministry of Health/Uzbekistan, State Department of Statistics, Ministry of Macroeconomics and Statistics/Uzbekistan, and ORC Macro. 2004. Uzbekistan Health Examination Survey 2002. Calverton, Maryland, USA: ORC Macro. |
| Notes: | Demographic Health Survey data includes ever married women aged 15-49 years only and may include males aged 15-59. |
| Unless otherwise noted, overweight refers to a BMI between 25kg and 29.9kg/m², obesity refers to a BMI greater than 30kg/m². | |
Women, 1996
| Survey type: | Measured |
| Age: | 15-49 |
| Sample size: | 4077 |
| Area covered: | National |
| संदर्भ: | Martorell R, Khan LK, Hughes ML, Grummer Strawn LM. Obesity in women from developing countries. EJCN (2000) 54;247-252 |
| Notes: | The data from this paper was sourced from the Demographic Health Survey Programme https://dhsprogram.com/ Central Statistical Office and Macro International. Calverton, Maryland, USA: Central Statistical Office and Macro International |
| Unless otherwise noted, overweight refers to a BMI between 25kg and 29.9kg/m², obesity refers to a BMI greater than 30kg/m². | |
Children, 2022-2024
| Survey type: | Measured |
| Age: | 7 |
| Sample size: | 3069 |
| Area covered: | National |
| संदर्भ: | WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI): report on the sixth round of data collection, 2022– 2024. Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe; 2025. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. |
| Cutoffs: | WHO 2007 |
0-5 years, 2021-2022
| Survey type: | Measured |
| Age: | 0-5 |
| Area covered: | National |
| संदर्भ: | State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Statistics and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). 2022. 2021-2022 Uzbekistan Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, Survey Findings Report. Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent: State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Statistics and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) |
| Notes: | Infants |
| Definitions: | Weight for height |
| Cutoffs: | WHO |
0-5 years, 2021
| Age: | 0-5 |
| Sample size: | 5556 |
| संदर्भ: | MICS: Uzbekistan multiple indicator cluster survey 2021-22 |
| Notes: | 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. |
| Definitions: | =>+2SD |
0-5 years, 2017
| Age: | 0-5 |
| Sample size: | 2048 |
| संदर्भ: | NNS: Uzbekistan 2017 Nutrition Survey, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, UNICEF 2019 |
| Notes: | 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. |
| Definitions: | =>+2SD |
0-5 years, 2006
| Age: | 0-5 |
| Sample size: | 4743 |
| संदर्भ: | MICS: Uzbekistan multiple indicator cluster survey 2006, Final report. Tashkent, Uzbekistan: UNICEF, 2007 |
| Notes: | 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. |
| Definitions: | =>+2SD |
Girls, 2006
| Age: | 0-5 |
| Sample size: | 4744 |
| संदर्भ: | MICS: Uzbekistan multiple indicator cluster survey 2006, Final report. Tashkent, Uzbekistan: UNICEF, 2007 |
| Notes: | 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. |
| Definitions: | =>+2SD |
0-5 years, 2002
| Age: | 0-5 |
| Sample size: | 2480 |
| संदर्भ: | SDHS: Uzbekistan health examination survey 2002. Demographic and Health Surveys. Calverton, Maryland, USA: Analytical and Information Center, State Department of Statistics, and ORC Macro, 2004. |
| Notes: | 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. |
| Definitions: | =>+2SD |
0-5 years, 1996
| Age: | 0-5 |
| Sample size: | 1050 |
| संदर्भ: | DHS: Uzbekistan demographic and health survey 1996. Demographic and Health Surveys. Calverton, Maryland: Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Macro International Inc., 1997 |
| Notes: | 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. |
| Definitions: | =>+2SD |
% Adults living with obesity in Uzbekistan 1996-2017
Women
| Survey type: | Measured |
| संदर्भ: | 1996: Martorell R, Khan LK, Hughes ML, Grummer Strawn LM. Obesity in women from developing countries. EJCN (2000) 54;247-252 2002: Analytical and Information Center, Ministry of Health/Uzbekistan, State Department of Statistics, Ministry of Macroeconomics and Statistics/Uzbekistan, and ORC Macro. 2004. Uzbekistan Health Examination Survey 2002. Calverton, Maryland, USA: ORC Macro. 2017: Uzbekistan National Nutrition Survey 2017 https://www.unicef.org/uzbekistan/media/2066/file/UNS%20-%20Full%20Report.pdf |
| Unless otherwise noted, overweight refers to a BMI between 25kg and 29.9kg/m², obesity refers to a BMI greater than 30kg/m². | |
| Different methodologies may have been used to collect this data and so data from different surveys may not be strictly comparable. Please check with original data sources for methodologies used. | |
% Adults living with overweight or obesity in Uzbekistan 1996-2017
Women
| Survey type: | Measured |
| संदर्भ: | 1996: Martorell R, Khan LK, Hughes ML, Grummer Strawn LM. Obesity in women from developing countries. EJCN (2000) 54;247-252 2002: Analytical and Information Center, Ministry of Health/Uzbekistan, State Department of Statistics, Ministry of Macroeconomics and Statistics/Uzbekistan, and ORC Macro. 2004. Uzbekistan Health Examination Survey 2002. Calverton, Maryland, USA: ORC Macro. 2017: Uzbekistan National Nutrition Survey 2017 https://www.unicef.org/uzbekistan/media/2066/file/UNS%20-%20Full%20Report.pdf |
| Notes: | Adults aged 15-49 |
| Unless otherwise noted, overweight refers to a BMI between 25kg and 29.9kg/m², obesity refers to a BMI greater than 30kg/m². | |
| Different methodologies may have been used to collect this data and so data from different surveys may not be strictly comparable. Please check with original data sources for methodologies used. | |
