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France's waistlines spreading further
Nearly a third of France's population is overweight or obese, and waistlines are continuing to expand. A new survey titled ObEpi 2006 and carried out by TNS Healthcare Sofres, found that 19.8 million people out of France's population of 63 million were packing excess weight, and that 5.9 million of them were obese -- 2.3 million more than nine years ago.
Overall, the trend was slowing, although the figures showed that some segments of the populations were more at risk than others, low-income earners most notably.
"All generations are affected, but we are becoming obese younger and younger, which raises fears of worsening and earlier consequences for the younger generations," said Professor Arnaud Basdevant, a Paris hospital nutritionalist who jointly coordinated the study. Obesity is a problem for many countries. The World Health Organisation considers it an epidemic.
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