50.1% of European Union adults, and one in every seven children are overweight or obese, a report published today by the EU Commission and the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) informs. The United Kingdom has the highest rates of adult obesity/overweight in Europe, followed by Ireland and then Malta. The authors say that obesity rates in the 27-member European Union countries have more than doubled during the last two decades. There is no evidence that the current increase in overweight/obesity prevalence is set to stop or slow down, they add...
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