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Healthy Finland Survey: Weight gain among Finns already causing significant problems - the time for social measures is now

Press release 04.12.2023

The BMI of approximately 1.2 million adults exceeds the limit for obesity (30 kg/m2). 30% of women and 27% of men are obese. Obesity is the most common among 40-64-year-olds, one in three of whom are obese.
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22.11.2023
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07.11.2023
Only less than half of adults engage in enough physical activity, staying up late and insufficient sleep have become more common

26.10.2023
Managing stress with food and alcohol consumption connected with faster lifelong weight gain

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Overweight among children and young people is more common in rural residential areas

28.03.2023
Deficiencies in assessing the nutritional status of hospital patients – a nutritional care recommendation has been revised

07.03.2023
How are Finns doing? THL invites 10,000 people living in various parts of the country to a comprehensive health examination

24.01.2023

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