Obesity

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HEALTH

Overweight and obesity, growing problems among youngest Finns

The Nomad Today 9/16/20

Of the hospital districts for which data are available, overweight in boys and girls is most prevalent in Western Ostrobothnia and least in Helsinki and Uusimaa.

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UNICEF REPORT

Kids in rich countries face lack of skills, obesity, depression

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/3/20

Bulgaria, Chile and the United States are ranked the worst places to be a child among high-income countries. Lithuania has the highest rate of adolescent suicide  followed by New Zealand…

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The high price of overweight and obesity

The Nomad Today 10/13/19

According to OECD, overweight and obesity are reducing GDP and raising health care costs, in addition to damaging the personal development of millions of people in developed countries.…

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Only one in four Finns of working age have normal weight

The Nomad Today 9/25/19

Obesity is becoming also increasingly common among Finnish children. Total number of people with type 2 diabetes is growing in the country, warns the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL).