Obesity rates increase to "epidemic" level in Europe, WHO warns
Europe is gaining on the obesity lead in the US, a new report conducted by the World Health Organization reveals, also stating that obesity could overtake smoking as the leading cause of preventable cancers in Europe over the next few decades.
By Andy Hoffman and Clara Hernanz Lizarraga, Bloomberg
Most Europeans are overweight and rising rates of obesity threaten to undermine the region’s reputation for having a population that’s thinner on average than Americans, a new report shows.
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