Obesity in Sweden
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Obesity in Sweden has been increasingly cited as a major health issue in recent years. Sweden is the 90th fattest country in the world.[1] In 2009, the number of people who are considered overweight or obese had not increased for the first time in 70 years.[2] Claude Marcus, a leading Swedish nutrition expert from the Karolinska Institutet, stated that one solution is to introduce a fat tax.[3] Folksam refused to insure a 5-year-old girl from Orust.[4] The insurance company refused her insurance based on "serious overweight/obesity".[4] A report showed that children whose parents were better educated had a lower chance of becoming overweight.[5]
Lack of exercise along with sugar-sweetened foods and drinks have caused one out of six five-year-olds in Sweden to be overweight or obese.[5] The breakdown is 12.9% of children are considered overweight and 4.3% are considered obese.[5]
Effects
Several studies in Sweden shown that obese men tend to have a lower sperm count, fewer rapidly mobile sperm and fewer progressively motile sperm compared to normal-weight men.[6]
Programs
School nurses in Uppsala, Uppsala County, will be prescribing exercise to teenage children.[7] The prescribed exercise can be anything from participating in a sport to walking.[7] Spaces will be available for the participants.[7]