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On November 8, Europe observes the Day of Healthy Food and Cooking, aimed at promoting the importance of balanced nutrition and maintaining a healthy weight, particularly among children. However, statistics reveal that Bulgaria is among the European countries facing a serious issue with childhood obesity.

A recent survey conducted on behalf of the Ministry of Health and UNICEF has revealed troubling trends in the health and eating habits of children in Greece, highlighting an urgent need to combat childhood obesity.

The Health Ministry is reportedly preparing a special program for obesity, as citizens and many doctors still do not consider it a disease and do not take targeted measures to deal with it. The program will focus on prevention, early diagnosis and treatment with free follow-up by a nutritionist and other professionals.

Bulgaria is facing a concerning trend as new data reveals that every third child in the country is overweight, with obesity rates soaring among adolescents. According to data from 2022, the prevalence of obesity among children aged 7 to 19 is alarmingly high, with the most cases identified among seventh-grade students. These findings were shared by Deputy Minister of Health Assoc.

The global threat of obesity also lingers in Greece, where four in 10 adults and almost one in four children and teenagers will be obese by 2035 if preventive measures aren't taken to offset the current trends, according to the World Obesity Atlas for 2023 published on Thursday by the World Obesity Federation. 

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Nearly a third of the Turkish population, or 32.1 percent, comprises obese people, whereas 66.8 percent of the population is either overweight or obese, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) report released during the 29th European Congress on Obesity in Maastricht, the Netherlands.

The obesity prevalence rate in Turkey has increased significantly in the COVID-19 era, turning the problem of overweight into a "pandemic," a report prepared by a parliamentary commission has revealed.

After a study, US scientists found that by 2030, nearly half of the older Americans will be overweight, BTA reported. The problem of obesity turned out to be more serious than expected.

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).