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Sat 04 Apr 2003Commissioner warns of 'obesity epidemic'
An "obesity epidemic" is developing among adolescents across Europe, including Ireland, and nothing short of a "behavioural revolution" will stop it, the EU Commissioner, Mr David Byrne, warned yesterday.The commissioner was addressing a meeting of nurses in Dublin from across Europe.
While the situation in Britain and Germany was worse than in the Republic, obesity was still a problem here, affecting one in 12 adolescents, Mr Byrne said. In Germany one in five adolescents is obese while in Britain, the figure is one in six.
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