Obesity and overweight are costing European economies billions of euros every year, with the burden equivalent to what some countries spend on housing or defence, according to a pharmaceutical industry’s report.
A study, prepared by the Office of Health Economics on behalf of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industry Associations, analyses the health and economic burden linked to high BMI in eight European countries
Economical
damage to the countries of the European Union and the United Kingdom from the spread of obesity and
elevated body mass index (BMI) have reached scales equal to or
exceed the annual state spending of individual countries on defense or construction
housing.
Obesity and overweight cost European economies billions of euros each year. The burden is equivalent to what some countries spend on homes or defense, shows a report by industry...