>>9473437Last week, the European Parliament called for the better treatment and management of obesity as average obesity levels in the EU have risen by 161% since 1975. EURACTIV France reports.
With the launch on 20 April of the European Parliament’s intergroup on obesity, the EU legislative body aims to make resilient health systems a reality by addressing obesity as a prioritised chronic disease.
According to the WHO, 39% of adults across the globe are overweight, while 13% of them are obese. Since 1975, the obesity rate has almost tripled. And according to Our World in Data, 22.82% of the EU population was obese in 2016 compared to just 9.3% in 1975, meaning there was a 161% increase in about 40 years.
