One in 10 of the world's adults is overweight, High blood pressure and cholesterol get common disease in many developed countries while obesity generally rose worldwide.
Obesity, cholesterol and high blood pressure are all risk factors for heart disease.
In 2008, 9.8% of men and 13.8% of women in the world were obese - they had a BMI above 30kg/m2.
Men in the UK have the sixth highest BMI in Europe while UK women have the ninth highest BMI in Europe
No comments:
Post a Comment