The overweight or obese population is defined as the inhabitants with excessive weight presenting health risks because … of the high proportion of body fat. The most frequently used measure is based on the body mass index (BMI), which is a … height in metres). Based on the WHO classification, adults with a BMI from 25 to 30 are defined as overweight, and those with …

Overweight and obesity affects over half of all men and women in OECD countries. This has significant health and … economic consequences. As part of OECD’s work on promoting best practices in public health, this report outlines policy …

This profile provides a concise and policy-relevant overview of health and the health system in the Czech Republic as … part of the broader series of the State of Health in the EU country profiles. It provides a short synthesis of: the health … status in the country; the determinants of health, focussing on behavioural risk factors; the organisation of the health …

This profile provides a concise and policy-relevant overview of health and the health system in Malta as part of the … broader series of the State of Health in the EU country profiles. It provides a short synthesis of: the health status in the … country; the determinants of health, focussing on behavioural risk factors; the organisation of the health system; and the …

This profile provides a concise and policy-relevant overview of health and the health system in Croatia as part of the … broader series of the State of Health in the EU country profiles. It provides a short synthesis of: the health status in the … country; the determinants of health, focussing on behavioural risk factors; the organisation of the health system; and the …

This profile provides a concise and policy-relevant overview of health and the health system in Latvia as part of the … broader series of the State of Health in the EU country profiles. It provides a short synthesis of: the health status in the … country; the determinants of health, focussing on behavioural risk factors; the organisation of the health system; and the …

This profile provides a concise and policy-relevant overview of health and the health system in Italy as part of the … broader series of the State of Health in the EU country profiles. It provides a short synthesis of: the health status in the … country; the determinants of health, focussing on behavioural risk factors; the organisation of the health system; and the …

This profile provides a concise and policy-relevant overview of health and the health system in Lithuania as part of … the broader series of the State of Health in the EU country profiles. It provides a short synthesis of: the health status … in the country; the determinants of health, focussing on behavioural risk factors; the organisation of the health system …

This profile provides a concise and policy-relevant overview of health and the health system in Slovenia as part of the … broader series of the State of Health in the EU country profiles. It provides a short synthesis of: the health status in the … country; the determinants of health, focussing on behavioural risk factors; the organisation of the health system; and the …

This profile provides a concise and policy-relevant overview of health and the health system in Spain as part of the … broader series of the State of Health in the EU country profiles. It provides a short synthesis of: the health status in the … country; the determinants of health, focussing on behavioural risk factors; the organisation of the health system; and the …