An eye-opening new map has ranked countries by obesity levels, with a surprisingly small island leading the pack. Presented in an interactive format by Our World in Data, the map draws on figures ...

Senior author of the report, Professor Majid Ezzati, of Imperial College London, said: ‘It is very concerning that the epidemic of obesity that was evident among adults in much of the world in ...

In Australia, for example, obesity rates are climbing faster than anywhere else in the world, with almost a quarter of the country's children and 63% of the adult population overweight.