The share of adult people who were considered obese in Brazil - according to the body mass index (BMI) computed by the source with the weight and height of the respondents - amounted to 19.5 percent in 2019. This represents an increase in comparison to 2012, when the percentage of respondents who were considered obese reached around 17.4 percent.
Share of adult population who were considered obese in Brazil from 2008 to 2019
share of adults with a body mass index of 30 kg/sqm or more
Method of interview
Telephone interview
Supplementary notes
Data prior to 2019 were retrieved from an earlier edition of the publication.
Respondents were asked their weight and height in order to calculate the BMI.
The phrasing chosen for this statistic may differ slightly from the original.
The survey was carried out in the capital city of each of the 26 Brazilian states, plus the Federal District of Brasília.
More information about this study's methodology can be found in pages 16 to 25.
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Ministério da Saúde (Brazil) (Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde). (April 27, 2020). Share of adult population who were considered obese in Brazil from 2008 to 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 06, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/781305/share-adult-people-obese-brazil/
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