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25th May 2018
09:48am BST

The data was compiled from 38 countries in Europe, with 34 of these providing data concerning overweight and obese children.
The UK did not take part in the study.
Dr Joao Breda, Head of the WHO European Office for Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases, Moscow, Russia said:
“In countries like Italy, Portugal, Spain and Greece although rates are high there has been an important decrease which is attributable to a very significant effort that these countries have put in recent years into management and prevention of childhood obesity. “It is crucial to increase the consumption of fruit and vegetables in children while reducing their intake of sweets and particularly sugary soft drinks."
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