Brandon Keim
Science

Europeans Are Fat, Too

Sick and tired of oh-so-svelte Europeans self-righteously ogling us ever-more-obese Americans? Not to fear: according to the EU Health Commission, Europeans are packing on the pounds like never before. A majority of adults are obese or overweight in most European Union nations and kids increasingly contributing to make Europe a fat continent, the EU’s top […]

Obesity
Sick and tired of oh-so-svelte Europeans self-righteously ogling us ever-more-obese Americans? Not to fear: according to the EU Health Commission, Europeans are packing on the pounds like never before.

A majority of adults are obese or overweight in most European Union nations and kids increasingly contributing to make Europe a fat continent, the EU's top public health official said Wednesday.

[...] In the 27-nation bloc, the EU says that over 21 million children are overweight. "Even more worrying is that the rate of increase of that number is more than 400,000 children a year."

EU Says Europeans Are Getting Fatter [Associated Press]

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