overweight

The World Health Organization (WHO) recently issued a new guideline on non-sugar sweeteners (NSS). They claimed that using them isn't a good way to control your weight. The WHO made this recommendation after reviewing a large body of evidence and...

A health expert has sounded the alarm over the obesity problem in Greece, especially among teenagers, and called for the government to promote healthy eating and increased physical activity. The weight of the average 18-year-old Greek man and woman has...

Governments have been alerted by the World Obesity Federation that if immediate actions are not taken, more than half of the global population will be at risk of being overweight or obese by 2035, as per a recent report. Out...

The childhood obesity rate in Greece is one of the highest in Europe, as 41% of children aged 10 to 12 in Greece are overweight or obese. The Greek Parliament's Standing Committee on Social Affairs sought out to better understand...

According to a recent study by the OECD the average Greek smokes systemically, has an  overweight child, and is in danger of being involved  in a car accident at any given time. OECD's latest report on Health states that Greeks...

It seems that the economic crisis and the fear of bankruptcy has led a lot of Greeks to overeating. Then again it might be that the healthy Mediterranean diet has become too expensive for Greeks and they have resorted...