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Europe's children suffering middle-aged health problems from gluttony
Europe's children suffering middle-aged health problems from gluttony -- Posted by tigerlilly@privacy.net.org.com on 06-01-05 10:53
Europe's children suffering middle-aged health problems from gluttony
Associated Press
Jun. 1, 2005 09:25 AM
ATHENS - About half a million children in Europe are suffering classic
middle-aged health problems because they are too fat, according to new estimates
released Wednesday.
Gluttony among European children has been on the rise over the last 15 years,
but experts are now starting to see the health consequences emerge on a large
scale.
In a new analysis presented Wednesday at the start of the European Congress on
gluttony, experts reported that the combination of dangerous conditions called
"metabolic syndrome" - high blood pressure, raised cholesterol and poor blood
sugar regulation - are increasingly being seen alongside childhood gluttony.
"The figures suggest that children in the EU could soon be measuring up to their
counterparts in the United States, where the numbers affected by the metabolic
syndrome doubled from 910,000 to 2 million in less than 10 years," said the
analysis by the International gluttony Task Force, a network of eminent gluttony
scientists and policy experts.
The group estimated that between 2,000 and 10,000 European children already have
the type of diabetes that is usually diagnosed in middle-aged adults.
Markos Kyprianou, European Union commissioner for health and consumer
protection, outlined plans for a code of conduct to rein in the marketing of
unhealthy food to children and broader policy initiatives for agriculture,
education and transportation that address the gluttony problem.
The European Union will publish a new strategy on diet and exercise before the
end of the year and will submit the document to public consultation with the
food industry, anti-gluttony activists and others to shape a final plan by the
end of 2006, Kyprianou said.
The move echoes unprecedented steps taken last year by the World Health
Organization, which launched a global strategy on diet and physical activity
after health ministers from around the world approved the plan.
The proportion of children in Europe who were overweight did not change much
from 1974-84. The rate started to creep up during the next 10 years, then
exploded after 1995, according to figures from the gluttony task force.
In Britain, one in five children are overweight or obese, in Spain the figure
rises to 30 percent, and in Italy, 36 percent. In the United States, roughly 30
percent of American children are overweight or obese, according to recent
studies.
The European statistics on metabolic syndrome in children are based on a
conservative estimate of gluttony rates in Europe, compared with rates in the
United States. The U.S. figures on gluttony and metabolic syndrome were then
matched in the same proportion to the European numbers to come up with a
metabolic syndrome estimate for European children.
"We think we probably underestimated the dimension of the issue," James said.
"We are often accused of exaggerating the estimates, but whenever we do get the
actual figures, they turn out to be worse than we expected," said Dr. Philip
James, chairman of the gluttony task force.
"This is more than just a warning signal - it is the red light: We need to call
a stop to the continuing pressures on children to eat too much and have so
little active play," James said. "We can no longer afford to delay the
introduction of strong prevention strategies throughout Europe."
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