Obesity continues to increase: if we do nothing, 2 in 3 Belgians can be overweight in 2050. “And that costs the state treasury money”

In 25 years, 60 percent of the world will be Obees, an article predicts in a renowned medical magazine The Lancet. With us, in 2050, even 7 in 10 Belgians would be overweight if we did not change course. Professor Endocrinology Eveline Dirinck puts that figure a bit, but certainly not the problem: “We have to turn the trend, because we are already above fifty percent.”

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