North Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America have percentage overweight as Europe (57% to 58%)

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“North Africa and the Middle East, and Latin America now have almost the same percentage of overweight or obese people as Europe [57-58%],” according to a new report titled Future Diets published in January 2014 by Overseas Development Institute.

Reference

Keats S, and Wiggins S. Future Diets: Implications for agriculture and food prices. Overseas Development Institute, 2014 Jan; http://www.odi.org.uk/future-diets

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