OECD Health Data 2009: How Does New Zealand Compare - Diabetes New Zealand

OECD Health Data 2009: How Does New Zealand Compare

A new OECD report warns that the growing prevalence of obesity in most OECD countries, including New Zealand, may well lead to higher health care costs in the future.  New Zealand’s adult obesity rate, based on actual measures of height and weight, was 26.5% in 2007 – third in the world after the US and Mexico. In: OECD Health Data 2009: How does New Zealand Compare
Source: OECD website, 1 July 2009

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