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EU: one in six adults was obese in 2025Photo by Wolfgang Weiser on Pexels
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EU: one in six adults was obese in 2025

Observador4 September 2026 at 11:33

In 2025, one in six adults in the European Union was obese, revealing a significant public health problem across Europe. The data shows considerable variations between Member States.

Malta, Latvia and Finland stood out as the countries with the highest obesity rates. In contrast, Italy, Greece and Romania had the lowest obesity rates in the EU.

Portugal was above the European Union average, with 17% of the adult population obese. This figure places the country in an unfavourable position relative to the overall European landscape.

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