Obesity Rate in EU Hits 8-Year High - Eurostat

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2026-09-04
MOSCOW, September 4 (RIA Novosti) - One in six adults in the European Union suffered from obesity in 2025, which is the highest level since 2017, according to Eurostat data published on Friday. The agency publishes obesity rate studies every few years. In 2017, the figure stood at 15​​​.1%. In 2022, it fell to 14.8%, rising again to 16.3% in 2025. Obesity means that a person's body mass index (BMI) is 30 or higher. A total of 35.4% of those aged......
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