The numbers add up. So do the pounds.
Only a month ago I quoted a report claiming that one in ten French is obese. Forget about that figure.
According to a new survey it’s a lot worse. One in two French women between 34 and 75 years is too fat and two in three men are overweight, i.e. have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 25 or more. Across both sexes, one in five is now officially obese, with a BMI of 30 or more.
The study also looked at other causes of cardiovascular risks. Interestingly, smoking has diminished among young women, but increased among women between 45 and 54 years. Once they’re over 40, they don’t even try to give up.
Three other risk factors (diabetes, cholesterol and hypertension) are very much ignored by the French. Four in ten diabetes patients have a too high level of glycemia. Five in ten men and four in ten women have hypertension; among older men (65 years and up) it’s even eight in ten.
Wed 11-Jun-08 | Posted in: Society, Environment & Health, Statistics
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