Obesity Rate Found Higher in Europe
By Mayuri, Gaea News NetworkThursday, December 9, 2010
NEW YORK (GaeaTimes.com) — A recent study by the European Commission and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) stressed the fact that almost 50 percent of adults living in Europe and Britain suffer from obesity and are overweight.
It may be surprising but true that UK is filled with the highest number of obese people followed by Malta and Ireland. This raises the concern of the health officials and they want more and more people to be aware of the risks associated with obesity. While the statistics revealed about adults are worrying enough, those concerning children are even more disturbing. The study found that one in seven children in the EU have a weight problem, or are obese, and that only one in seven has any form of regular exercise.
A sedentary lifestyle, combined with poor food choices, including fast or convenience foods, has long been identified as the cause of growing obesity around the world, and while people in poverty stricken areas of the world like Africa may suffer nutrient deficiencies and worse, it’s clear that the developed world has a nutritional crisis of it’s own on it’s hands.
