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Originally Posted by Pookie
OECD Health Data puts obesity rates in Greece at 18.1%. But let's not let facts get in the way.
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That's the crazy thing about statistics - they're subject to wild interpretation...... I found these on the internet!!!! I was wrong, but also right.......
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Statistics released by the International
Obesity Task Force (IOTF) in March show
that Greeks surpass even the supersized
Americans on the scaIes, with 38 percent
of Greek women obese or overweight,
compared to 34 percent in the US, and over
75 percent of Greek men above the age of
30 overweight, in comparison with 67
percent of overweight or obese males in
America. Meanwhile, local surveys have
shown that 40 percent of Greek children
aged between 9 and 18 are overweight,
- with boys in that age group weighing in
at 15 kilos heavier than their counterparts
of 20 years ago. The IOTF reports that the
number of overweight children in the EU
rises by 400,000 each year.
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