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Nutrition, physical activity, obesity section 4
NUTRITION, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY,
OBESITY AND HEALTH IN NUMBERS
About 2.8 million deaths a year in the EU are due to causes associated with overweight and
obesity (WHO European Health Report 2012).
It is estimated that around 1 million deaths are attributable to physical inactivity.
In Europe:
• 25-70% of adults are overweight, depending on the country;
• 5-30% are obese;
• 41% do not engage in any physical activity in a typical week.
Based on the latest estimates in European Union countries, overweight affects 30-70% and
obesity affects 10-30% of adults (WHO).
In 2008, around 35% of people aged 15 and over in the WHO European Region were insufficiently
active (WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative, COSI).
In Europe one 11 year old boy out of 3 is obese or overweight:
• the level of physical inactivity of Europeans is worrisome;
• 4 out of 10 adults aged 15 years old and over are not physically active;
• only 22% of 11-year-old girls and 30% of 11-year-old boys report engaging in moderate to
vigorous physical activity for at least 60 minutes per day.
(Source: Eurobarometer).
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