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[quote=Anonymous]
Just bringing this forward.

If the UK, Spain, and Italy are representative of Europe in general, somewhere around 1/3 to almost 1/2 of the children are obese or overweight.

Not that this justifying anything, but let's be realistic about the situation.
 
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[quote=Anonymous]This isn't necessarily a comment on obesity, so much as an observation of different body types among young and young-ish (let's say, people under 30 or women under 35 who haven't given birth) people in the USA versus Europe....
[b]Also worth mentioning is how there was not a single overweight child[/b]... I found it so remarkable how active European children are, like it was the good-old days or something before screen time. During school recess, for example, everyone was playing an active game of soccer. Children actively PLAYED whenever there was time outdoors, supervised or not. They were not just standing with snacks and talking or looking at their phones and tablets. [/quote]

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[quote]Interesting. The European governments disagree with you.

1. 40% of the 10-11 year old children in England are obese or overweight ([b]25% obese, 15% overweight[/b]). -- https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN03336/SN03336.pdf
2. 35% of children in Spain are obese or overweight ([b]15% obese, 20% overweight[/b]). -- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21074906/
3. 32% of children in Italy are obese or overweight ([b]10% obese, 22% overweight[/b]). --https://www.alliedacademies.org/articles/whats-going-on-pediatric-obesity-report-from-italy-10571.html

That's ranging from 1/3 to nearly 1/2 of the children. Do you just not see them, like they are invisible, or ...?[/quote][/quote]

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