Obesity coming to France soon

October 17, 2005

A survey discloses that more than one in 10 of the country’s adults are overweight. The National Institute for Health and Medical Research in France confirms, the number of obese adults went from 8 to 11 percent in the last five years.

Women in France stay slim due to their high fresh vegetable consumption and long walks. As the scene changes, it is obvious that obesity is concentrated mainly among poor families. In an interesting comparison there were only 7 percent of executives’ children who were overweight when compared to 25 percent of young men whose parents were unemployed. Obesity is widespread in US, UK and Australia and the health departments in other obesity-affected countries are implementing methods to suppress obesity before it takes effect.

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