Half of Europe fat but sees no health threat: report

Europe is fat and getting fatter.


Reuters
February 28, 2006, 1:16 pm ET
Darren Ennis


Half of Europe fat but sees no health threat: report


BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Half of Europeans are obese or overweight, but citizens do not see obesity as a major health threat, a food industry report said on Tuesday.

According to the report, commissioned by Kraft, the world's second largest food and beverage company, Euroepans view obesity as a problem that affects others, but not themselves.

Of 15 health concerns listed in the report, obesity and being overweight ranked fifth and ninth respectively.  Cancer and heart disease topped the poll.


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The rest of this news article could be copied out, or someone could find it - I tried, and I guess I must keep my hard copy as I cannot find an online version any longer.



The issue I believe worth noting - the Europeans have a relatively homogenous population with an increase of Muslims, but setting aside that factor, they are and remain relatively homogenous.

The United States is not, has not been - rather, we are the emptying point for people from everywhere - particularly south of the border. 

Our overweight issues are explainable with a study of demographics.  Europe cannot say that nor can they distinguish their obesity issues to one or two variables rather than as something endemic to their culture.








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