Europe Getting Too Fat, WHO Report Says
Posted on: Friday, 28 February 2003, 06:00 CST
Europe Getting Too Fat, WHO Report Says
source: Associated Press Top Strange News
Nearly one-third of all Europeans are obese because of fast-food consumption and sedentary lifestyles, and nations must encourage healthier habits, a U.N. agency warned Friday.
Obesity, once considered mostly an American problem, now is prevalent in European countries, where traditional diets have been associated with long life and good health, the World Health Organization said.
Nutritionists from 50 countries opened a three-day meeting in Athens to examine ways to fight a trend among the world's developed nations, where changing diets and more sedentary lives contribute to obesity-related health problems like heart disease, cancer and diabetes.
"Obesity is becoming a very important problem in the European region but also outside Europe," Roberto Dortellini, technical division director of WHO Europe, told The Associated Press. "It is a very major risk to the health of the European population."
In Greece, the problem is particularly acute because many people have turned away from the country's traditional Mediterranean diet toward fast food, officials say.
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