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**BloofPailafum** · 12-10-2010, 10:29 PM

The title "Half of Europeans are overweight" is misleading. The british are pushing these statistics up when some countries just have 15% of obesity. If fact 15% is the european average.

You need to distinguish between being overweight and being obese. Overweight is when you weigh somewhat more than the recommended range, obese is more severe and akin to a medical condition.

12-10-2010, 10:29 PM	#12
BloofPailafum Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 357 Senior Member	The title "Half of Europeans are overweight" is misleading. The british are pushing these statistics up when some countries just have 15% of obesity. If fact 15% is the european average. You need to distinguish between being overweight and being obese. Overweight is when you weigh somewhat more than the recommended range, obese is more severe and akin to a medical condition.
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