RTL Today - Eurostat: More than half of EU adults are overweight

According to the latest figures reported by Eurostat, more than half of EU adults are overweight.

The recent report used figures calculated with the Body Mass Index (BMI), a measure of a person's weight to height ratio.
While figures showed that 45% of EU adults in 2019 were of a normal weight, 53% were considered overweight. Additionally, 17% of those falling within the overweight category are considered as obese.

Luxembourg joins France and Italy as the member states that boast the lowest shares, with only 48% of the Luxembourgish population being overweight. In contrast, the member states of Croatia and Malta have the highest shares, with 65% of adults classified as overweight in 2019.

Throughout the European Union in 2019, a higher share of men were overweight. While Luxembourg may have a low share of overweight residents, Luxembourg recorded the largest gaps, with 59% of men considered overweight vs. 38% of women.