Obesity in Sweden

Obesity in Sweden has been increasingly cited as a major health issue in recent years.

[1] In 2009, the number of people who are considered overweight or obese had not increased for the first time in 70 years.

[2] Claude Marcus, a leading Swedish nutrition expert from the Karolinska Institutet, stated that one solution is to introduce a fat tax.

[4] A report showed that children whose parents were better educated had a lower chance of becoming overweight.

[5] Lack of exercise along with sugar-sweetened foods and drinks have caused one out of six five-year-olds in Sweden to be overweight or obese.