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10-16-2010, 07:04 PM
An important and increasing health problem is that of being overweight and obesity. In the Netherlands more than 40% of people are overweight, 10% are obese. The Netherlands seems to follow the trend in the USA at a distance of about 10 years. In the meantime the figures in the US show 56% overweight and 22.5% obesity. In the past 20 years the percentage of overweight children between ages 5 and 11 has increased dramatically from 4% to 10%. The incidence of obesity in that group even increased eightfold in 20 years. Most conspicuous is the increase of overweight in very young children (from age 3).
Being overweight and obese occurs more in certain groups of the population. For example, people with little education are 4 times more likely to have obesity than highly educated people. The amount of overweight and obese immigrants is comparable to the American situation. Especially in Turkish and Moroccan children, the percentages of being overweight and obese are more than twice the percentage in Dutch children of comparable age intervals.
http://www.rvz.net/cgi-bin/rvz_p.pl?id=69
I was looking on the internet to see what the trends on obesity was like in Western Europe and I came across this website.
Being overweight and obese occurs more in certain groups of the population. For example, people with little education are 4 times more likely to have obesity than highly educated people. The amount of overweight and obese immigrants is comparable to the American situation. Especially in Turkish and Moroccan children, the percentages of being overweight and obese are more than twice the percentage in Dutch children of comparable age intervals.
http://www.rvz.net/cgi-bin/rvz_p.pl?id=69
I was looking on the internet to see what the trends on obesity was like in Western Europe and I came across this website.