Recoge: INtroduction - The communicable disease challenges to the European Union 2007-20013 - ECDC's role in 2007-2013 - ECDS targets and strategies - ECDS governance, management, organisations and resources - Monitoring and evaluation - Conclusion - Annexes

Obesity rates in Europe have been growing at an accelerated speed in the past two decades. In the European Union, between 36.9% and 56.7% of all women - and between 51% and 69.3% of all men - are overweight or obese, according to data from 2008-09. Estimates on the growth of obesity suggest that...