Signal Obesity affects 16 percent of Spanish adults and children, up from 7 percent in the late 1980s

Summary

The report observes that not all health indicators in Spain move the same way and singles out obesity as the main exception. Obesity keeps rising and now affects 16 percent of adults and children, compared with just 7 percent of the population in the late 1980s. It also projects that if the trend continues, one in four children could be living with obesity by 2050. The report explains that office work and more screen time have spread sedentary habits, with around 40 percent of people now sedentary in their main activity. In lower-income households, limited nutritional information, tight budgets and cheap high-calorie food combine to make healthy diets hard to maintain. This rise stands in sharp contrast to progress on smoking and drinking.