Re: Europeans catching up to U.S. in obesity epidemic

June 25, 2003

Francesca Skelton wrote:

> Heard on CNN: one out of two Europeans is now overweight and obesity is

> quickly overtaking smoking as Europe's #1 preventable health problem. No

> longer can Europe look across the ocean at Americans girth with scorn. Also

> one in four European children is now officially overweight.

Wow. If that's true, they are beating figures I have seen in several

places for obesity amongst 6-19 year olds in the U.S. which is placed at

aroudn 15,16%

June 28, 2003

> > Heard on CNN: one out of two Europeans is now overweight and

obesity is

> > quickly overtaking smoking as Europe's #1 preventable health

problem.

Here's a link to the CNN article

" Greece tops the 'eurobesity' league table with 70 percent of women

and 68 percent of men overweight while Germany has the highest number

of overweight men in Europe with 71 percent believed to be obese. "

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