Article - Obesity threathens our health and economy!

Obesity threatens our health and economy!
Yesterday evening Agenda, in the Swedish Television Channel 1, featured the increasing problem with overweight and obesity from a new angle ...


Agenda 20060827: "The national cost of the epidemic of obesity is galloping - are we investing the taxpayer's money in the most efficient way in the battle against overweight and obesity? Nor information or slimming methods have solved our fastest growing health problem. The scenario we are facing in the years to come are not encouraging ..."

Do know know that

• more people in the world die of obesity than of hunger!

• 800 million people in the world are malnourished, while 1,3 billion people in the world suffer from obesity!
  

Pixi didn't know that ...

Statistics Sweden, the central government authority for official statistics in Sweden, says that we Swedes gain weight more and more and that this is soon a major national problem, because of the health risks it brings!

Watch the programme here - in Swedish! Agenda August 27th, 2006