http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6396111.stm
According to this article, it is due to a mass consumption of junk food and lack of exercise. Apparently Junk food is widely imported to that area and is usually much cheaper then fresh vegetables.
Nauru, with about 97.5% of the population being overweight ( 8,900 overweight people out of 9,500 people.)
If you are asking in absolute numbers then the USA has the highest number of overweight people. If you are asking which country has the highest proportion of overweight people it is the Kingdom of Samoa, and island in the Pacific.
Nauru's population density is 441 people per square kilometer.
Nauru has a total population of only about 11,000 people.
The entire island of Nauru has only about 10,000 people, so it does not have any real cities. The largest town is Yaren, with about 1,100 people.
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usually overweight people.
Nauru does not have any major cities. The entire population of the country is only about 10,000 people. The most populated part of Nauru is the Yaren District, near the southern end of the island.
David Adeang is the Minister for Nauru Air Corporation for Nauru.
Shadlog Bernicke is the Minister for Nauru Utilities Corporation for Nauru.
Nauru has a population of about 11,000 on 21 sq km, for a population density of about 530 people per square kilometer.
33% of people were overweight, 9.7 were obese in 1950.