1 in 5 children in Sweden overweight
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 - 10:06
in Health & Medicine
University of Gothenburg, Sweden - and Karolinska Institutet have carried out the first ever national study of the prevalence of overweight and obesity in schoolchildren. It reveals that one in five children in Sweden is overweight, and that there is a link between low levels of education and overweight children.