Obesity in the United Kingdom

According to data of the World Health Organization 61.7% of Bulgarians over 18 are overweight which places the country close to top of the list in Europe regarding this index.

The situation is similar with children - 13.6% are overweight. Experts say that this is due mostly to an unhealthy lifestyle that includes a high-calorie diet combined with lack of exercise, BNR reported.

Childhood obesity is soaring across the world, increasing more than tenfold over the past four decades, putting many millions at risk of poor health and an early death, according to the biggest ever analysis of the data.

Greek teens are the fattest in the Europe, according to a new report on adolescent obesity released Wednesday by the World Health Organization (WHO), which said that one in three adolescents on the continent is estimated to be overweight or obese.