In 2016, female obesity prevalence for Bosnia and Herzegovina was 18.4 %. Between 1997 and 2016, female obesity prevalence of Bosnia and Herzegovina grew substantially from 13.4 to 18.4 % rising at an increasing annual rate that reached a maximum of 2.30% in 2014 and then decreased to 1.66% in 2016.
The description is composed by our digital data assistant.Overweight and obesity are defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that presents a risk to health. A crude population measure of obesity is the body mass index (BMI), a person’s weight (in kilograms) divided by the square of his or her height (in metres). A person with a BMI of 30 or more is generally considered obese. A person with a BMI equal to or more than 25 is considered overweight. Overweight and obesity are major risk factors for a number of chronic diseases, including diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Once considered a problem only in high income countries, overweight and obesity are now dramatically on the rise in low- and middle-income countries, particularly in urban settings.