EUROPEAN TEENS HAVE TERRIBLE DIETS EU RESEARCHERS WARN
April 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
MORE than a fifth of European teenagers are overweight or obese, failing to eat sufficient fruit and vegetables, the European Union (EU) HELENA project has warned.
HELENA (healthy lifestyle in Europe by nutrition in adolescence) researchers assessed 3,000 13-17-year-olds in Austria, Belgium, Britain, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Spain and Sweden.
The results showed approximately 27% of male teens and 20% of females were either overweight or obese. Bad diet is the key major contributor: just 13% of teenagers studied ate 200g or more ...
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