Human weight

Four in 10 Greek children are overweight and two in 10 boys are obese, according to the latest findings of the World Health Organization's European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI).

Greece has the highest proportion of obese boys in Europe (16.7% of the population), while Malta has the most obese girls (11.3%), according to a new international study published in the medical journal “The Lancet” , on occasion of World Obesity Day on 11 October.
Moldova has the smallest obesity rates in Europe (3.2% of the population) and 5% in boys .

Nearly one in five people in Turkey is obese, according to the results of a 2016 health survey released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) on May 31. 

The survey showed that 19.6 percent of Turkish citizens aged 15 years and older have a body mass index of 30 or over. The rate was 19.9 percent in 2014.      

Researchers at Seoul National University of Medicine found that people who are underweight are more likely to suffer from low moods. However, the experts were unable to say whether being thin causes the blues or if depression cuts appetite. They also noted that skinny men and women were equally at risk of feeling down.

Childhood obesity is still an issue of concern in Bulgaria, with the country keeping its fifth spot among European states according to that criteria.

The announcement was made by Svetoslav Handzhiev, who heads the Bulgarian Association for the Study of Obesity and Related Diseases (BASORD), on the occasion of World Obesity Day, according to the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA).

A new study from the Erciyes University in Kayseri, Turkey, found that men with larger bellies are better lovers. 200 men were surveyed as part of the research that calculated their body mass index (BMI) while also assessing their sexual performance.

There are advantages to having rolls of flab. One overweight man shows how easy it is to conceal a handgun.

According to the latest figures of WHO, which were presented in Prague on Wednesday, Bulgaria has the fifth largest share of obese or overweight children under the age of five in Europe.

The results of an obesity forecast exercise, which were revealed at the European Obesity Conference, showed that the share of obese or overweight children in Bulgaria was 19.8 %.