More than half of EU adults overweight
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- Date: 30 May 2007 20:59:01 -0700
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More than half of EU adults overweight
By RAF CASERT, Associated Press Writer
Wed May 30, 5:15 PM ET
BRUSSELS, Belgium - More than half of adults in European Union
nations are obese or overweight and the young are increasingly making
Europe a fat continent, the EU's top public health official said
Wednesday.
Diets based on fatty and sweet ingredients combined with lack of
physical activity account for six of the seven top factors leading to
poor health, said EU Health Commissioner Markos Kyprianou.
For years the EU Commission has warned governments to act, but the
situation is getting worse. "Everybody has to be blamed - including
the authorities, including the industry, including the consumers,"
Kyprianou said.
His biggest worry is the growing girth of children. "If we don't act,
today's overweight children will be tomorrow's heart attack victims,"
he said.
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."
To counter the trend, the EU has asked food manufacturers to promote
healthier foods and
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