End “stigma” of obesity say MEPs

A staggering 27% of men and 38% of women in the European Union are classified as obese. This figure does not include the 5 million children who suffer the same condition. Healthy diets and regular exercise is the way to beat it. However, as a resolution passed by Members of the European Parliament, February 2007, shows - these practices must start early in life to have any effect. With half of all mortality in the EU related to cardiovascular ailments - and one third of all these being related to poor diet - the time to act is now.