Doctors call for EU-wide approach to obesity crisis

DOCTORS on both sides of the Irish border have joined forces to call for an EU-wide approach to defuse the obesity “time-bomb” facing the continent.

Doctors call for EU-wide approach to obesity crisis

In a rare move underlining growing medical concern, representatives of the Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) and the British Medical Association (BMA) said the situation is reaching crisis proportions.

According to the medical groups, more than half of all EU adults are either overweight or obese, with approximately 30% of all children – the equivalent of 22 million – in the politico-economic bloc also classed as overweight.

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