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* Prevalence of and trends in overweight and obesity in Europe *
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Data on the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Europe usually are taken from national health surveys. Because of differences in the survey designs (sampling frames, age of population surveyed etc.) the results are difficult to compare. Truly comparable data are available from the results of single pan-European studies; the most recent study that includes the prevalence of overweight and obesity is the WHO MONICA project. The latest results of this project showed that in the mid-1990s between 8% (Moscow, Russia) and 24% (Kuopio Province, Finland and rural Augsburg, Germany) of men aged 35 to 64 were obese. For women aged 35 to 64 between 10% (Toulouse in France, Gothenburg in Sweden, and Vaud/Fribourg in Switzerland) and 36% (Tanobrzeg Vovoidship, Poland) were obese.

 

Recent WHO estimates (based on national survey data) suggest that the prevalence of obesity in men aged 15 and above ranges from 5% in Uzbekistan to 26% in Greece, and the prevalence in women ranges from 6% in Norway to 30% in Turkey. There does not appear to be any clear geographical pattern to the variation in the prevalence of obesity in either men or women.

 

WHO data suggest that the average BMI of men aged 15 and over in 2002 ranged from 23.2 in Tajikistan to 27.6 in Greece, and the average BMI of women ranged from 23.5 in both Estonia and France to 27.9 in Malta.
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* Prevalence of overweight and obesity, adults aged 35 to 64, by sex, latest available data, MONICA European Project populations (Table)
Source: WHO Monica Project (2001).		  
Microsoft Excel Sheet - Prevalence of overweight and obesity, adults aged 35 to 64, by sex, latest available data, MONICA European Project populations (Table)
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* Body Mass Index by sex, 1960-1999, all available countries, Europe (Table)
Source: Swinburn B et al (World Health Organization Report).		  
Microsoft Excel Sheet - Body Mass Index by sex, 1960-1999, all available countries, Europe (Table)
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* Prevalence of obesity, adults, 1990's, all available European countries (Figure)
Source: Swinburn B et al (World Health Organization Report).		  
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* Prevalence of obesity, adults, by sex, 1981-1998, selected European countries (Figure)
Source: Swinburn B et al (World Health Organization Report).		  
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* Prevalence of obesity, by sex, 2002, WHO European Region (Figure)
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* Prevalence of obesity by sex, adults aged 15 and over, latest available year, Europe (Table)
Source: World Health Organization (2007).		  
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* Prevalence of obesity, men aged 15 and over, latest available year, Europe (Figure)
Source: World Health Organization (2007).		  
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* Prevalence of obesity, women aged 15 and over, latest available year, Europe (Figure)
Source: World Health Organization (2007).		  
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* Mean Body Mass Index by sex, adults aged 15 and over, 2002 and projections for 2005 and 2010, Europe (Figure)
Source: World health organization (2005).		  
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* Mean Body Mass Index, men aged 15 and over, 2002, Europe (Figure)
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* Mean Body Mass Index, women aged 15 and over, 2002, Europe (Figure)
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