Obesity in Portugal

The rate of childhood obesity in Portugal is the highest among European countries and is growing day by day. This is due to food and sedentary lifestyle that is becoming more common in children.
Obesity is a disease that has always existed because of some genetic causes, but today there is factors that helps this growth, particularly the modern lifestyle. Children no longer play in the street, they are at home on computer or watching TV. We allow the advertising of food products such as juices and 'fast food', which influence children, while some another countries are facing the food business.

The estate is that only now begun to recognize obesity as a chronic disease, which causes other diseases and can lead to death and have high social consequences. The Portuguese state already contribute in some treatments to fight against obesity, but there must be a change in the way of facing this disease of our part.