In France, obesity in women and men has increased sharply since 1981, with an acceleration since the 1990s. that's what we learned an interesting report of Institute for Public Health. This development affects both young and older. However this process has not affected all social groups equally. Geographical differences have increased between the North and East, where the prevalence of obesity is highest, and Ile-de-France and the Mediterranean area, where it is lower. Similarly, the difference between occupational groups has increased sharply: obesity is increasing much faster since 1992 with farmers or workers than among managers and intellectual professions. Unlike women, men poorest are not the most overweight.
The implementation of the second National Health and Nutrition Program (PNNS) 2006-2010 made the fight against obesity a key challenge for public health policies. However, there are few data to assess trends in prevalence of this disease over a long period in France. Indeed, most tools for studying obesity in France have been established recently. The barometer Health Nutrition, National Institute of prevention and health education has been collected for the first time in 1996. The first survey ObEpi, study every three years by Roche, for its date of 1997.
Read the results of the study " Obesity and social circles in France: Inequalities rise " HERE
It is now important to consider the concept of body mass index. This index is easy to calculate can allow everyone to make a point relative to its own situation
Some sites to calculate its index body
Passport Health - mass index (BMI) and waist
Self-measurement - Calculating body mass index (BMI) Sources
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InVS
BEH (Bulletin épidémodiologique weekly) Passport Health
Self-measurement
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