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    Il numero di persone in sovrappeso in Svizzera è raddoppiata


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    Il numero di persone in sovrappeso in Svizzera è raddoppiata

    In Svizzera, il 43% degli adulti è in sovrappeso, con significativamente più uomini colpiti dalle donne.

    https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-abroad/the-number-ool-overweight-people-in-switzerland-has-dobled/89068030

    Come percepisci questo problema in Svizzera? Lo trovo così strano, considerando che ho vissuto in altri paesi e la Svizzera (o almeno l’area di Zurigo) sembra così …. O almeno non grasso rispetto ad altri luoghi.

    The number of overweight people in Switzerland has doubled
    byu/ptinnl inSwitzerland



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    1. Initial-Image-1015 on

      A see a lot of middle-aged and elderly, mainly men, with obious overweight. From my experience, young people take much more care. If someone has the numbers to contradict or confirm my experience, it would be interesting.

    2. Main_Relationship233 on

      this surprises me.. I know so many people and every 10th or even 15th is maybe slightly obese let alone overweight

    3. notonetojudge on

      I don’t doubt that there are many people in Switzerland with an unhealthy weight, but BMI has been shown time and time again to be an unreliable and even misleading method in studies trying to correlate health and bodyweight.

    4. azboy on

      43% overweight seems way too high.
      It’s clear that the tend is upwards but 43% of adults are not overweight.

      There’s an known issue with the BMI calc for tall heights, for 190cm the 25 threshold is 90kg but you can be athletic and not overweight at this level.

      It could be that the population is getting taller and it skews the BMI results upwards.

    5. Internal_Leke on

      I guess the factors are mostly:

      * Increased cars per capita
      * Increased anxiety/stress related to work
      * Less time to cook at home: more comfort food
      * Less time to exercise

      People usually don’t get obese though, and “overweight” is not that visible when wearing clothes: the fat can distribute quite well over the body, and around the organs.

      EDIT: For anyone curious, this is what someone in the low “obese” classification looks like (he is still obese at 30 BMI in the after pic). With a shirt, it would be hard to see it. You can imagine that someone overweight at 26 BMI is not “obvious overweight” [https://www.reddit.com/r/keto/comments/tl4b2/almost_out_of_obese_bmi_30_as_of_today/](https://www.reddit.com/r/keto/comments/tl4b2/almost_out_of_obese_bmi_30_as_of_today/)

      Before anyone says “But BMI is not good”, yes we all know the limitations, but this guy is definitely not packing 10kg additional muscle compared to the average guy, so it won’t be that off.

    7. Scary-Teaching-8536 on

      the obesity rate in Switzerland is one of the lowest in all of europe

    9. gorilla998 on

      It’s because to be considered overweight under the BMI (BMI of 25-30) you might not really “look” overweight. Someone who 1.80 m can be overweight at 81 kg, which is really not all that much, especially if you have any sort of muscle to speak of.

    12. Impossible_Basil1040 on

      Well just swing by at any mall on a saturday afternoon and you will see.

    13. rocket-alpha on

      I just need someone to kick my sorry ass into the gym..
      Cause motivating myself to do something is the hardest part…

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