During the period 1980 to 2000, there was a marked increase in the incidence of childhood obesity, Today, about 3 percent of all Swedish children in the low-stage suffer from obesity . This prevalence is relatively low compared to southern Europe, where the corresponding proportion is 15–20 percent . Since the turn of the millennium, the prevalence globally has remained unchanged, but at a much higher level than before. A child of ten years of age with obesity is also likely to suffer from obesity as an adult . Obesity is a disease with a risk of early development of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer and a variety of other diseases. Other consequences are social difficulties and shorter life. Obesity - a lifestyle disease Obesity is part of and is an important marker for "non-communicable diseases", ie diseases where the social and living environment has a major impact. WHO emphasizes that these lifestyle diseases will increase in the future and dom...
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