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Adult obesity prevalence: male (age-standardized, %)

RecordSTO-940930RXZZ-J5T6BTN0P7-A8D7RK

27.7%
estimate

Kuwait · 1998

Adult obesity prevalence: male in Kuwait (age-standardized, %) was 27.7% in 1998 (WHO).

Original source

Adult obesity prevalence: male (age-standardized, %): every country and year, and how it is measured

Publisher
WHO
Authority tier
T1 Official
Report
WHO adult obesity prevalence (age-standardized, male)
Locator
NCD_BMI_30A: {"Dim1":"SEX_MLE","SpatialDim":"KWT","SpatialDimType":"COUNTRY","TimeDim":"1998"}
Retrieved
2 Oct 2026
Status
Verified

Dataset evidence (generated description)

Dataset evidence (generated): NCD_BMI_30A, KW, 1998-01-01 to 1998-12-31: 27.668232 percent (scale 1).

Checked: the figure 27.7%matches the queried row in the pinned dataset response. If it does not match, the extraction is wrong and we want to know.

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APA

World Health Organization. (1998). WHO adult obesity prevalence (age-standardized, male). Retrieved October 2, 2026, from https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/NCD_BMI_30A?$filter=SpatialDimType%20eq%20%27COUNTRY%27%20and%20Dim1%20eq%20%27SEX_MLE%27. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_940930RXZZJ5T6BTN0P7A8D7RK

Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX
MLA
World Health Organization. "WHO adult obesity prevalence (age-standardized, male)." 1998, https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/NCD_BMI_30A?$filter=SpatialDimType%20eq%20%27COUNTRY%27%20and%20Dim1%20eq%20%27SEX_MLE%27. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_940930RXZZJ5T6BTN0P7A8D7RK.
Chicago
World Health Organization. "WHO adult obesity prevalence (age-standardized, male)." 1998. https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/NCD_BMI_30A?$filter=SpatialDimType%20eq%20%27COUNTRY%27%20and%20Dim1%20eq%20%27SEX_MLE%27. Accessed October 2, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_940930RXZZJ5T6BTN0P7A8D7RK.
BibTeX
@misc{who1998adulta8d7rk, author = {{World Health Organization}}, title = {WHO adult obesity prevalence (age-standardized, male)}, year = {1998}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_940930RXZZJ5T6BTN0P7A8D7RK}, note = {Original source: https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/NCD\_BMI\_30A?\$filter=SpatialDimType\%20eq\%20\%27COUNTRY\%27\%20and\%20Dim1\%20eq\%20\%27SEX\_MLE\%27. Accessed October 2, 2026.} }

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Chain of custody
Record: STO-940930RXZZ-J5T6BTN0P7-A8D7RK T1 Official

Primary source

Publisher
World Health Organization · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
WHO adult obesity prevalence (age-standardized, male)
Type
Dataset
Evidence
Dataset response (generated description)
Dataset
NCD_BMI_30A
Version
2026-05-27
Methodology
Publisher methodology ↗
Response SHA-256
940fdbf6d2c3ef6c8393db9de1853828baff6885fb1cbc11e1211cad877d0d90
Response retrieved
2 October 2026
Published
—
Locator
NCD_BMI_30A: {"Dim1":"SEX_MLE","SpatialDim":"KWT","SpatialDimType":"COUNTRY","TimeDim":"1998"}
Retrieved
2 October 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
See source

Verification

Status
Verified
Review protocol
dataset:raw-row-check-v1
Checked on
2 October 2026
Last revision
4 October 2026
Permanent URL
/stat/stat_940930RXZZJ5T6BTN0P7A8D7RK