DÜNYA SAĞLIK ÖRGÜTÜ’NE ÜYE ÜLKELERİN OBEZİTE VE SOSYOEKONOMİK GÖSTERGELER AÇISINDAN DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ
EVALUATION OF THE MEMBER COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION IN TERMS OF OBESITY AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Summary/Abstract: The prevalence of obesity is increasing in all countries. Obesity is associated with a number of health, social and economic indicators and is the main cause of some of them and there may be differences between countries in terms of these indicators according to obesity. This study aims to classify 164 World Health Organization (WHO) member countries into groups using panel clustering analysis based on indicators of obesity prevalence and daily calorie intake per capita, and to compare these groups using ANOVA analysis on health, social and economic indicators. The analysis results show that developing countries in South America, Eastern Europe and Central Asia are in cluster A; developed countries in Europe and North America are in cluster B; underdeveloped countries in Africa and Asia are in cluster C; and countries in East and South Asia are in cluster D. Despite having high obesity rates and daily calorie intake levels, cluster B, which includes developed countries, has better health, social and economic indicators compared to the other clusters.

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