Obesity in Sweden has been increasingly cited as a major health issue in recent years. Sweden is the 90th fattest country in the world. [1] In 2009, the number of people who are considered overweight or obese had not increased for the first time in 70 years. [2] Claude Marcus, a leading Swedish nutrition expert from the Karolinska Institutet, stated that one solution is to introduce a fat tax. [3] Folksam refused to insure a 5-year-old girl from Orust. [4] The insurance company refused her insurance based on "serious overweight/obesity". [4] A report showed that children whose parents were better educated had a lower chance of becoming overweight. [5]
Lack of exercise along with sugar-sweetened foods and drinks have caused one out of six five-year-olds in Sweden to be overweight or obese. [5] The breakdown is 12.9% of children are considered overweight and 4.3% are considered obese. [5]
Several studies in Sweden shown that obese men tend to have a lower sperm count, fewer rapidly mobile sperm and fewer progressively motile sperm compared to normal-weight men. [6]
School nurses in Uppsala, Uppsala County, will be prescribing exercise to teenage children. [7] The prescribed exercise can be anything from participating in a sport to walking. [7] Spaces will be available for the participants. [7]
Source: Forbes.com [1]
Ranking | Country | Percentage Overweight |
---|---|---|
85 | Panama | 51.4 |
86 | Tunisia | 51.0 |
87 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 50.6 |
88 | Brazil | 50.5 |
89 | Belize | 49.8 |
90 | Sweden | 49.7 |
91 | Norway | 49.1 |
92 | Russia | 49.1 |
93 | El Salvador | 48.7 |
94 | Lesotho | 48.5 |
95 | Suriname | 47.8 |
Obesity in Sweden has been increasingly cited as a major health issue in recent years. Sweden is the 90th fattest country in the world. [1] In 2009, the number of people who are considered overweight or obese had not increased for the first time in 70 years. [2] Claude Marcus, a leading Swedish nutrition expert from the Karolinska Institutet, stated that one solution is to introduce a fat tax. [3] Folksam refused to insure a 5-year-old girl from Orust. [4] The insurance company refused her insurance based on "serious overweight/obesity". [4] A report showed that children whose parents were better educated had a lower chance of becoming overweight. [5]
Lack of exercise along with sugar-sweetened foods and drinks have caused one out of six five-year-olds in Sweden to be overweight or obese. [5] The breakdown is 12.9% of children are considered overweight and 4.3% are considered obese. [5]
Several studies in Sweden shown that obese men tend to have a lower sperm count, fewer rapidly mobile sperm and fewer progressively motile sperm compared to normal-weight men. [6]
School nurses in Uppsala, Uppsala County, will be prescribing exercise to teenage children. [7] The prescribed exercise can be anything from participating in a sport to walking. [7] Spaces will be available for the participants. [7]
Source: Forbes.com [1]
Ranking | Country | Percentage Overweight |
---|---|---|
85 | Panama | 51.4 |
86 | Tunisia | 51.0 |
87 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 50.6 |
88 | Brazil | 50.5 |
89 | Belize | 49.8 |
90 | Sweden | 49.7 |
91 | Norway | 49.1 |
92 | Russia | 49.1 |
93 | El Salvador | 48.7 |
94 | Lesotho | 48.5 |
95 | Suriname | 47.8 |