European GPs don't know how to deal with obesity epidemic

doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7504.1348-a

BMJ 2005;330:1348 (11 June), doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7504.1348-a

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European GPs don't know how to deal with obesity epidemic

Oxford Rhona MacDonald

European GPs know that they are facing an obesity epidemic but do not know what to do about it, a debate on obesity heard last week. "European trends in obesity are now in parallel with [those in] the United States," Christian Fabian, president of the European Union of General Practitioners and a GP in Sweden told the meeting. The debate was organised by the UK company Medical Futures, with a panel of obesity experts and delegates from the union.

Susan Jebb, head of nutrition and health research at the Medical Research Council in Cambridge, said, "We have a small window of opportunity to do something to slow down this trend, especially in children, before it is too late."

European statistics, which were published in a press briefing at the debate, showed that in most European countries the prevalence of adult obesity has risen by 10%-50% in the . . . [Full text of this article]

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