Overweight

Finland

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.

Finland

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.…

Finland

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).

Finland

Obesity

Finnish study: overweight youth more likely to suffer sexual harassment

The Nomad Today 8/30/19

The National Institute for Health and Welfare remarks that obese young people tend to suffer more psychological strain and bullying. The study also found overweight linked to other variables…