The proportion of obese young men has grown significantly in the past five years

In the past five years, the proportion of obese young men increased from nine to twenty percent in Hungary – Martos Éva, the Deputy Director General of the Food and Drug Administration and Health Institute (OÉTI) told the M1 news channel on Monday.

The OÉTI published the results of the 2014 national nutrition and nutritional status examination last week. According to the results, 65 percent of the adult population was overweighted or obese in 2014. Sixty-two percent of the women and 67 percent of the men have a surplus weight. This is about 5 million people. (MTI)