Malta tops EU obesity rankings, Romania thinnest
Euractiv, October 21, 2016
Malta has the highest proportion of obese adults in Europe, according to EU figures released on October 20, while Romania is the least obese.
In total just under a sixth of adults living in the European Union are obese – 15.9%, according to the Eurostat statistics agency, which said the figure goes up amongst older and less educated Europeans.
Counting 26% of its adults as obese, the Mediterranean island of Malta appears the worst hit by the public health problem, followed by Latvia and Hungary.