Childhood obesity is increasing worldwide, and it has more than doubled since 1980 in all three nations of North America. Peru, Portugal, Spain, and Greece reported the highest rates of childhood obesity, with more than 30% of their 5- to 17-year-olds considered overweight in 2012. In the United States, Canada, and Mexico in 2012, approximately 25% to 30% of that age group was overweight, and similar rates were seen in the UK, Italy, Egypt, and Chile. The rates were slightly lower (20% to 25%) in Australia, Brazil, Iceland, Finland, Germany, and Hungary. In South Africa, Argentina, Venezuela, France, Poland, Turkey, Pakistan, Thailand, South Korea, and Japan, the rates are between 15% and 20%. Greenland, Sweden, Estonia, and Iraq have rates of 10% to 15%, and Russia and China have less than 10%.