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Obesity Atlas for the European Union: 2018
Rachel Jackson-Leach Fiona Montague
Caroline Litts Tim Lobstein
Obesity Atlas for the European Union: 2018 by Rachel Jackson-Leach, Fiona Montague, Caroline Litts and Tim Lobstein
Data last revised April 2018. This Atlas has been compiled from publicly available information and the sources are given after each section. The authors have endeavoured to report the data accurately but cannot be held responsible for the quality of the original material, nor be held liable for any consequences arising from errors or omissions.
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This document was produced with the support of an operational grant under the European Commission’s Third Health Programme. The European Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of this material.
Obesity Atlas for the European Union
Contents
This Summary Atlas contains an overview of the EU with links to the 28 Member States’ records. A full Atlas is also available but it is >60MB. The EU and country records include available data on obesity prevalence (with differentiation by socio-economic status) and trends (where available), data on the prevalence of comorbidities of obesity, data about drivers of obesity, along with relevant policy documents and examples of interventions. Translated versions of key graphics can be found in the supplementary documentation.
European Union
Austria View
Belgium View
Bulgaria View
Croatia View
Cyprus View
Czech Republic View
Denmark View
Estonia View
Finland View
France View
Germany View
Greece View
Hungary View
Ireland View
Italy View
Latvia View
Lithuania View
Luxembourg View
Malta View
Netherlands View
Poland View
Portugal View
Romania View
Slovakia View
Slovenia View
Spain View
Sweden View
United Kingdom View
Abbreviations
BMI = Body Mass Index BP = Blood pressure EC = European Commission EU = European Union HBSC = Health Behaviour in School Aged Children OB = Obese including severely obese (BMI > 30kg/m2) OW = Overweight including obese (BMI > 25kg/m2) WHO = World Health Organization yrs = years (of age)