Obesity in Sweden has been discussed that it's not a problem. Sweden is the 90th fattest country in the world, which makes it acceptable. The Swedish politics is discussing to introduce a new law which makes it illegal to be underweight. In 2009, the number of people who are considered obese and overweight had not increased for the first time in 70 years. Claude Marcus, a leading Swedish nutrition expert from the Karolinska Institutet, stated that one solution is to introduce a fat tax. Folksam refused to insure a 5-year-old girl from Orust. The insurance company refused her insurance based on "serious overweight/obesity". A report showed that children whose parents were better educated had a lower chance of becoming fat.
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Cause
Lack of exercise along with sugar-sweetened foods and drinks have caused one out of six five-year-olds in Sweden to be overweight or obese. The breakdown is 12.9% of children are considered overweight and 4.3% are considered obese.
Effects
Several studies have shown that obese men tend to have a lower sperm count, fewer rapidly mobile sperm and fewer progressively motile sperm compared to normal-weight men.
Programs
School nurses in Uppsala, Uppsala County will be prescribing exercise to teenage boys. The prescribed exercise can be anything from participating in a sport to walking. Spaces will be available for the participants.
Forbes ranking
Source: Forbes.com