Only 6% of Ethiopians are overweight

In the study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Subramanian and his colleagues looked for weight trends in more than half a million women in 54 developing countries between 1994 and 2008.

Overall, they found that just about a quarter of the women were overweight, with the rate varying widely between nations -- from three out of every four women in Egypt, to just 6 percent in Ethiopia.

More importantly, as levels of income and education rose, so did the weight of individuals. Those in the top quarter of wealth had more than twice the risk of being overweight compared to the bottom quarter.

Reuters