report card: lithuania - world obesity federation

Report cardLithuania

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Contents Page

Obesity prevalence 2

Trend: % Adults living with obesity, 1997-2007 4

Trend: % Adults living with overweight or obesity, 1997-2007 5

Trend: % Adults living with obesity, 2000-2019 6

Trend: % Adults living with overweight or obesity, 2000-2019 8

Trend: % Adults living with obesity, selected countries, 1976-2019 10

Overweight/obesity by age and education 12

Overweight/obesity by education 15

Overweight/obesity by age 19

Overweight/obesity by region 21

Overweight/obesity by age and region 23

Overweight/obesity by age and socio-economic group 25

Overweight/obesity by socio-economic group 28

Overweight/obesity by age and limited activity 33

Insufficient physical activity 36

Sugar consumption 42

Estimated per capita sugar sweetened beverages intake 43

Prevalence of at least daily carbonated soft drink consumption 44

Prevalence of confectionery consumption 45

Prevalence of sweet/savoury snack consumption 46

Estimated per capita fruit intake 47

Prevalence of less than daily fruit consumption 48

Prevalence of less than daily vegetable consumption 49

Estimated per-capita processed meat intake 50

Estimated per capita whole grains intake 51

Mental health - depression disorders 52

Mental health - anxiety disorders 53

Oesophageal cancer 54

Breast cancer 56

Colorectal cancer 57

Pancreatic cancer 59

Gallbladder cancer 61

Kidney cancer 63

Cancer of the uterus 65

Raised blood pressure 66

Raised cholesterol 69

Raised fasting blood glucose 72

Diabetes prevalence 74

Obesity prevalence

Adults, 2019

Adults Men Women0

10

20

30

40

50

60

Obesity Overweight

%

Survey type: Self-reported

Age: 18+

Area covered: National

References: Eurostat 2019. Data available at

https://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=hlth_ehis_bm1i&lang=en (last accessed 09.08.21)

Unless otherwise noted, overweight refers to a BMI between 25kg and 29.9kg/m², obesity refers to a BMI greater than 30kg/m².

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https://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=hlth_ehis_bm1i&lang=en

Children, 2019-2020

Children Boys Girls0

5

10

15

20

25

Obesity Overweight

%

Survey type: Measured

Age: 7-17

Sample size: 295,086


References: LR sveikatos apsaugos ministro (2020). VAIku SVEIKATA 2019. Available at:

https://hi.lt/uploads/pdf/leidiniai/Statistikos/Vaiku_sveikata/Vaik%C5%B3%20sveikata%202019.pdf. Last accessed

18.05.21.

Cutoffs: Other

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https://hi.lt/uploads/pdf/leidiniai/Statistikos/Vaiku_sveikata/Vaikų sveikata 2019.pdf.

% Adults living with obesity, 1997-2007

1998 2000 2002 2004 20060

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

Obesity, Men Obesity, Women

% o

besi

ty


References: 1997: Pomerleau J, Pudule I, Grinberga D, Kadziauskiene K, Abaravicius A, Bartkeviciute R, Vaask S, Robertson A,

McKee M. Patterns of body weight in the Baltic Republics. Public Health Nutrition. 2000;3:3-10

2002, 2007: Barzda A, Bartkevi&ccaron;i&umacr;t&edot; R, Stukas R, Šatkut&edot; R, Abaravi&ccaron;ius JA. Lietuvos

gyventoj&uogon; k&umacr;no mas&edot;s indekso poky&ccaron;iai 1997-2007 metais. Sveikatos mokslai 2009;3:2406-

2410. (no English translation)


Different methodologies may have been used to collect this data and so data from different surveys may not be strictly comparable. Please

check with original data sources for methodologies used.

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% Adults living with overweight or obesity, 1997-2007

1998 2000 2002 2004 20060

10

20

30

40

50

60

Overweight or obesity, Men Overweight or obesity, Women

% o

verw

eigh

t or o

besi

ty


References: 1997: Pomerleau J, Pudule I, Grinberga D, Kadziauskiene K, Abaravicius A, Bartkeviciute R, Vaask S, Robertson A,

McKee M. Patterns of body weight in the Baltic Republics. Public Health Nutrition. 2000;3:3-10

2002, 2007: Barzda A, Bartkevi&ccaron;i&umacr;t&edot; R, Stukas R, Šatkut&edot; R, Abaravi&ccaron;ius JA. Lietuvos

gyventoj&uogon; k&umacr;no mas&edot;s indekso poky&ccaron;iai 1997-2007 metais. Sveikatos mokslai 2009;3:2406-

2410. (no English translation)




5

% Adults living with obesity, 2000-2019

Men

2000 2005 2010 2015 20200

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

Obesity


References: For full details of references visit https://data.worldobesity.org/



6

Women

2000 2005 2010 2015 20200

5

10

15

20

Obesity





7

% Adults living with overweight or obesity, 2000-2019

Men

2000 2005 2010 2015 20200

10

20

30

40

50

60

Overweight or obesity





8

Women

2000 2005 2010 2015 20200

10

20

30

40

50






9

% Adults living with obesity, selected countries, 1976-2019

Men

1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 20200

5

10

15

20

25

Obesity, England Obesity, Finland Obesity, Ireland Obesity, Lithuania Obesity, NetherlandsObesity, Poland Obesity, Spain Obesity, Sweden

% A

dults

livi

ng w

ith o

besi

ty

References: For full details of references visit

https://data.worldobesity.org/



10

Women

1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 20200

5

10

15

20

25

30

Obesity, England Obesity, Finland Obesity, Ireland Obesity, Lithuania Obesity, NetherlandsObesity, Poland Obesity, Spain Obesity, Sweden

% A

dults

livi

ng w

ith o

besi

ty

References: For full details of references visit

https://data.worldobesity.org/



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Overweight/obesity by age and education

Adults, 2019

Level 0-2

Level 3-4

Level 5-8

Level 0-2

Level 3-4

Level 5-8

Level 0-2

Level 3-4

Level 5-8

Level 0-2

Level 3-4

Level 5-8

Level 0-2

Level 3-4

Level 5-8

Level 0-2

Level 3-4

Level 5-8

Level 0-2

Level 3-4

Level 5-8

Age 18-24 Age 25-34 Age 35-44 Age 45-54 Age 55-64 Age 65-74 Age 75+

0

20

40

60

80

Obesity Overweight

%



References: Eurostat 2019. Available at https://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=hlth_ehis_bm1e&lang=en

(last accessed 09.08.21).

Notes: NB. Some age ranges missing due to insufficient data to display by age & educational status


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https://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=hlth_ehis_bm1e&lang=en

Men, 2019

Level 0-2 Level 3-4 Level 5-8 Level 0-2 Level 3-4 Level 5-8 Level 0-2 Level 3-4 Level 5-8 Level 0-2 Level 3-4 Level 5-8Age 18-24 Age 25-34 Age 35-44 Age 75+

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

Obesity Overweight

%







13


Women, 2019

Level 0-2 Level 3-4 Level 5-8 Level 0-2 Level 3-4 Level 5-8 Level 0-2 Level 3-4 Level 5-8 Level 0-2 Level 3-4 Level 5-8Age 18-24 Age 35-44 Age 65-74 Age 75+

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

Obesity Overweight

%







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Overweight/obesity by education

Adults, 2019

Low education Medium education High education0

10

20

30

40

50

60

Obesity Overweight

%


Age: 18+

Sample size: 5000


References: Official Statistics Portal Lithuania. Results of the Lithuanian Health Interview Survey 2019. Data available at:

https://osp.stat.gov.lt/statistiniu-rodikliu-analize?indicator=S3R141#/. Results available at: https://osp.stat.gov.lt/lietuvos-

gyventoju-sveikata-2020/kmi. Last accessed 03.06.21.

Notes: Low = ISCED 0,1,2; Medium = ISCED 3, 4; High = ISCED 5, 6, 7, 8.

Definitions: International Standard Classification of Education


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https://osp.stat.gov.lt/statistiniu-rodikliu-analize?indicator=S3R141#/.

https://osp.stat.gov.lt/lietuvos-gyventoju-sveikata-2020/kmi.


Men, 2019


10

20

30

40

50

60

Obesity Overweight

%


Age: 18+

Sample size: 5000








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Women, 2019


10

20

30

40

50

60

Obesity Overweight

%


Age: 18+

Sample size: 5000








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Children, 2010

High school College University0

5

10

15

20


%


Age: 9-10

Sample size: 4810

References: Visuomenes S (2013) LIETUVOS JAUNESNIOJO MOKYKLINIO AM&Zcaron;IAUS VAIK&Uogon; ANTROPOMETRINIAI

RODIKLIAI IR J&Uogon; S&Aogon;SAJOS SU SOCIALINIAIS IR GYVENSENOS VEIKSNIAIS

http://vddb.laba.lt/fedora/get/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2013~D_20130919_143656-85087/DS.005.0.02.ETD (last

accessed 9th June 2015)

Notes: Prevalence based on Mothers education level.

Cutoffs: Other

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http://vddb.laba.lt/fedora/get/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2013~D_20130919_143656-85087/DS.005.0.02.ETD

Overweight/obesity by age

Adults, 2019

Adults

Men

Wom

en

Adults

Men

Wom

en

Adults

Men

Wom

en

Adults

Men

Wom

en

Adults

Men

Wom

en

Adults

Men

Wom

en

Adults

Men

Wom

en

Age 18-24 Age 25-34 Age 35-44 Age 45-54 Age 55-64 Age 65-74 Age 75+

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

Obesity Overweight

%



References: Eurostat 2019. Available at https://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=hlth_ehis_bm1i&lang=en



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Children, 2016

Boys Girls Boys GirlsAge 7-10 Age 11-17

0

5

10

15

20

Obesity Overweight

%




References: LR sveikatos apsaugos ministro (2016). VAIku SVEIKATA. Available:

http://www.hi.lt/uploads/pdf/leidiniai/Statistikos/Vaiku%20sveikata%202016.pdf. [Last accessed 27 september

2018].

Notes: Children with no obesity data (n = 24697) were subtracted from the sample total prior to calculating the obesity

prevalence from this report.

Cutoffs: Other

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http://www.hi.lt/uploads/pdf/leidiniai/Statistikos/Vaiku sveikata 2016.pdf.

Overweight/obesity by region

Adults, 2019

Rural Urban Urban and rural0

10

20

30

40

50

60

Obesity Overweight

%


Age: 18+

Sample size: 5000






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Children, 2019-2020

Akm

enės r. sav.

Alytaus r. sav.

Birštono sav.

Druskininkų sav.

Ignalinos r. sav.

Joniškio r. sav.

Kaišiadorių r. sav.

Kauno m. sav.

Kazlų Rūdos sav.

Klaipėdos m. sav.

Kretingos r. sav.

Kėdainių r. sav.

Marijam

polės sav.

Molėtų r. sav.

Pagėgių sav.

Palangos m. sav.

Panevėžio r. sav.

Plungės r. sav.

Radviliškio r. sav.

Rietavo sav.

Skuodo r. sav.

Telšių r. sav.

Ukm

ergės r. sav

Varėnos r. sav

Vilniaus m

. sav.

Visagino sav.

Šakių r. sav.

Šiaulių m. sav.

Šilalės r. sav.

Širvintų r. sav.

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

Obesity Overweight

%


Age: 7-17



References: LR sveikatos apsaugos ministro (2020). VAIku SVEIKATA 2019. Available at:

https://hi.lt/uploads/pdf/leidiniai/Statistikos/Vaiku_sveikata/Vaik%C5%B3%20sveikata%202019.pdf. Last accessed

18.05.21.

Cutoffs: Other

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https://hi.lt/uploads/pdf/leidiniai/Statistikos/Vaiku_sveikata/Vaikų sveikata 2019.pdf.

Overweight/obesity by age and region

Men, 2014

Total

Cities

Rural areas

Total

Cities

Rural areas

Towns and suburbs

Cities

Rural areas

Towns and suburbs

Cities

Rural areas

Cities

Rural areas

Towns and suburbs

Cities

Rural areas

Towns and suburbs

Cities

Rural areas

Towns and suburbs

Cities

Rural areas

Towns and suburbs

Cities

Rural areas

Age 35-44 Age 45-64 Age 18+ Age 18-24 Age 25-34 Age 45-54 Age 55-64 Age 65-74 Age 75+

0

20

40

60

80

Obesity Overweight

%



References: Eurostat http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=hlth_ehis_bm1u&lang=en (last accessed

25.08.20)


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http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=hlth_ehis_bm1u&lang=en

Women, 2014

Total

Cities

Rural areas

Towns and suburbs

Cities

Rural areas

Towns and suburbs

Cities

Rural areas

Towns and suburbs

Cities

Rural areas

Towns and suburbs

Cities

Rural areas

Towns and suburbs

Cities

Rural areas

Towns and suburbs

Cities

Rural areas

Towns and suburbs

Cities

Rural areas

Towns and suburbs

Cities

Rural areas

Towns and suburbs

Age 25-34 Age 18+ Age 35-44 Age 45-54 Age 45-64 Age 55-64 Age 65-74 Age 75+ Age 18-24

0

20

40

60

80

Obesity Overweight

%



References: Eurostat http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=hlth_ehis_bm1u&lang=en (last accessed

25.08.20)


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http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=hlth_ehis_bm1u&lang=en

Overweight/obesity by age and socio-economic group

Adults, 2019

1st income quintile

2nd income quintile

3rd income quintile

4th income quintile

5th income quintile

1st income quintile

2nd income quintile

3rd income quintile

4th income quintile

5th income quintile

1st income quintile

2nd income quintile

3rd income quintile

4th income quintile

5th income quintile

1st income quintile

2nd income quintile

3rd income quintile

4th income quintile

5th income quintile

Age 18-24 Age 25-34 Age 45-54 Age 55-64

0

20

40

60

80

Obesity Overweight

%





Notes: NB. Some age ranges missing due to insufficient data to display by age & income quintile


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Women, 2019

1st income quintile

2nd income quintile

3rd income quintile

4th income quintile

5th income quintile

1st income quintile

2nd income quintile

3rd income quintile

4th income quintile

5th income quintile

1st income quintile

2nd income quintile

3rd income quintile

4th income quintile

5th income quintile

Age 18-24 Age 45-54 Age 55-64

0

20

40

60

80

Obesity Overweight

%







26


Men, 2019

1st income quintile

2nd income quintile

3rd income quintile

4th income quintile

5th income quintile

1st income quintile

2nd income quintile

3rd income quintile

4th income quintile

5th income quintile

Age 45-54 Age 55-64

0

20

40

60

80

Obesity Overweight

%







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Overweight/obesity by socio-economic group

Adults, 2019

1st income quintile 2nd income quintile 3rd income quintile 4th income quintile 5th income quintile0

10

20

30

40

50

60

Obesity Overweight

%


Age: 18+

Sample size: 5000






28




Men, 2019


10

20

30

40

50

60

Obesity Overweight

%


Age: 18+

Sample size: 5000






29




Women, 2019


10

20

30

40

50

60

Obesity Overweight

%


Age: 18+

Sample size: 5000






30




Boys, 2017-2018

High FAS Low FAS0

5

10

15

20

25


%


Age: 11-15

Sample size: 3781


References: World Health Organization (2020). Spotlight on adolescent health and well-being - Findings from the 2017/2018 Health

Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey in Europe and Canada. Available at:

https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/332091/9789289055000-eng.pdf. Last accessed: 20.05.21.

Notes: HBSC Family Affluence Scale (FAS) - "HBSC uses an alternative measure, the Family Affluence Scale, which asks young

people about material assets such as family cars, number of foreign holidays, computers, bathrooms and dishwashers in

the household, holidays and having a bedroom to oneself. The scale, which enables users to add up how many of these

assets a young person has in their home compared with other adolescents in their country/region, has been shown to

provide a valid indicator of relative affluence."

Definitions: HBSC Family Affluence Scale (FAS)

Cutoffs: WHO

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https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/332091/9789289055000-eng.pdf.

Girls, 2017-2018

High FAS Low FAS0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18


%


Age: 11-15

Sample size: 3781


References: World Health Organization (2020). Spotlight on adolescent health and well-being - Findings from the 2017/2018 Health

Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey in Europe and Canada. Available at:

https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/332091/9789289055000-eng.pdf. Last accessed: 20.05.21.

Notes: HBSC Family Affluence Scale (FAS) - "HBSC uses an alternative measure, the Family Affluence Scale, which asks young

people about material assets such as family cars, number of foreign holidays, computers, bathrooms and dishwashers in

the household, holidays and having a bedroom to oneself. The scale, which enables users to add up how many of these

assets a young person has in their home compared with other adolescents in their country/region, has been shown to

provide a valid indicator of relative affluence."

Definitions: HBSC Family Affluence Scale (FAS)

Cutoffs: WHO

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https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/332091/9789289055000-eng.pdf.

Overweight/obesity by age and limited activity

Adults, 2014

No Lim

ited Activity

Limited A

ctivity Moderate

No Lim

ited Activity

Limited A

ctivity Moderate

No Lim

ited Activity

Limited A

ctivity Moderate

Limited A

ctivity Severe

No Lim

ited Activity

Limited A

ctivity Moderate

Limited A

ctivity Severe

No Lim

ited Activity

Limited A

ctivity Moderate

Limited A

ctivity Severe

Age 25-34 Age 35-44 Age 45-54 Age 55-64 Age 65-74

0

20

40

60

80

Obesity Overweight

%



References: Eurostat 2014 available at https://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/submitViewTableAction.do (last accessed

06.10.21)


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https://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/submitViewTableAction.do

Men, 2014

No Lim

ited Activity

No Lim

ited Activity

Limited A

ctivity Moderate

No Lim

ited Activity

Limited A

ctivity Moderate

No Lim

ited Activity

Limited A

ctivity Moderate

Limited A

ctivity Severe

No Lim

ited Activity

Limited A

ctivity Moderate

Limited A

ctivity Severe


0

20

40

60

80

Obesity Overweight

%




06.10.21)


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Women, 2014

No Lim

ited Activity

Limited A

ctivity Moderate

No Lim

ited Activity

Limited A

ctivity Moderate

No Lim

ited Activity

Limited A

ctivity Moderate

Limited A

ctivity Severe

No Lim

ited Activity

Limited A

ctivity Moderate

Limited A

ctivity Severe

No Lim

ited Activity

Limited A

ctivity Moderate

Limited A

ctivity Severe


0

20

40

60

80

Obesity Overweight

%




06.10.21)


35


Insufficient physical activity

Adults, 2016

Finland

Sweden

Lithuania

Spain

Netherlands

Luxembourg

Denm

ark

France

Latvia

Austria

Croatia

Czechia

Estonia

Slovenia

Poland

Ireland

Slovakia

Rom

ania

Belgium

United Kingdom

Greece

Hungary

Bulgaria

Italy

Malta

Germ

any

Portugal

Cyprus

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

% in

suffi

cien

t phy

sica

l act

ivity

References: Guthold R, Stevens GA, Riley LM, Bull FC. Worldwide trends in insufficient physical activity from 2001 to 2016: a pooled

analysis of 358 population-based surveys with 1.9 million participants. Lancet 2018 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-

109X(18)30357-7

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X

Men, 2016

Finland

Sweden

Spain

Lithuania

France

Netherlands

Latvia

Denm

ark

Croatia

Austria

Luxembourg

Slovenia

Czechia

Ireland

Estonia

Belgium

Slovakia

Poland

United Kingdom

Rom

ania

Hungary

Greece

Bulgaria

Italy

Malta

Portugal

Cyprus

Germ

any

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

% in

suffi

cien

t phy

sica

l act

ivity



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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X

Women, 2016

Finland

Sweden

Netherlands

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Spain

Denm

ark

Latvia

Poland

Austria

Czechia

France

Estonia

Croatia

Slovenia

Ireland

Rom

ania

Slovakia

United Kingdom

Belgium

Greece

Bulgaria

Hungary

Germ

any

Italy

Malta

Portugal

Cyprus

0

10

20

30

40

50

% in

suffi

cien

t phy

sica

l act

ivity



109X(18)30357-7

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X

Children, 2016

Slovakia

Ireland

Bulgaria

Finland

Spain

Croatia

Czechia

Austria

Poland

Luxembourg

Hungary

Rom

ania

United Kingdom

Slovenia

Latvia

Lithuania

Netherlands

Malta

Belgium

Germ

any

Estonia

Portugal

Denm

ark

Greece

Sweden

France

Italy

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

% in

suffi

cien

t phy

sica

l act

ivity


Age: 11-17

References: Global Health Observatory data repository, World Health Organisation,

https://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A893ADO?lang=en (last accessed 16.03.21)

Notes: % of school going adolescents not meeting WHO recommendations on Physical Activity for Health, i.e. doing less

than 60 minutes of moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity daily.

Definitions: % Adolescents insufficiently active (age standardised estimate)

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https://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A893ADO?lang=en

Boys, 2016

Ireland

Slovakia

Bulgaria

Finland

Spain

Croatia

Austria

Rom

ania

Czechia

Luxembourg

Hungary

Poland

United Kingdom

Slovenia

Lithuania

Latvia

Netherlands

Malta

Portugal

Belgium

Germ

any

Greece

Estonia

Denm

ark

Sweden

France

Italy

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

% in

suffi

cien

t phy

sica

l act

ivity


Age: 11-17






40


Girls, 2016

Slovakia

Bulgaria

Ireland

Czechia

Finland

Spain

Netherlands

Croatia

Latvia

Poland

Austria

Lithuania

Luxembourg

United Kingdom

Slovenia

Hungary

Malta

Rom

ania

Denm

ark

Sweden

Estonia

Germ

any

Belgium

Greece

Portugal

Italy

France

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

% in

suffi

cien

t phy

sica

l act

ivity


Age: 11-17






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Sugar consumption

Adults, 2016

FinlandNetherlands

Germany

Denmark

SwedenSpain

Portugal

FranceAustria

United Kingdom

IrelandBelgium

ItalyRomania

SloveniaCzechia

BulgariaPoland

SlovakiaGreece

CroatiaHungary

EstoniaLithuania

Latvia

0

2

4

6

8

10

Num

ber o

f por

tions

References: Source: Euromonitor International

Definitions: Sugar consumption (Number of 500g sugar portions/person/month)

42

Estimated per capita sugar sweetened beverages intake

Adults, 2016

LatviaLithuania

SloveniaEstonia

FinlandSweden

GreeceRomania

Denmark

CroatiaUnited Kingdom

Netherlands

IrelandSlovakia

Portugal

CzechiaPoland

BulgariaHungary

AustriaFrance

ItalySpain

BelgiumGermany

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

Num

ber o

f por

tions


43

Prevalence of at least daily carbonated soft drink consumption

Children, 2014

FinlandEstonia

SwedenDenmark

GreeceLatvia

SloveniaLithuania

IrelandItaly

CzechiaUnited Kingdom

AustriaPortugal

SpainGermany

PolandCroatia

SlovakiaRomania

FranceHungary

BulgariaLuxembourg

Netherlands

Malta0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

%


References: World Health Organization. (2017). Adolescent obesity and related behaviours: Trends and inequalities in the who

european region, 2002-2014: observations from the Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HBSC) WHO collaborative

cross-national study (J. Inchley, D. Currie, J. Jewel, J. Breda, & V. Barnekow, Eds.). World Health Organization. Sourced from

Food Systems Dashboard http://www.foodsystemsdashboard.org

Notes: 15-year-old adolescents

Definitions: Prevalence of at least daily carbonated soft drink consumption (% of at least daily carbonated soft drink consumption)

44

http://www.foodsystemsdashboard.org

Prevalence of confectionery consumption

Adults, 2016

Romania

Portugal

GreeceItaly

BulgariaHungary

SpainCroatia

PolandLithuania

LatviaCzechia

SloveniaFrance

SlovakiaBelgium

EstoniaDenmark

Netherlands

SwedenFinland

United Kingdom

AustriaIreland

Germany

0

5

10

15

20

Num

ber o

f por

tions


Definitions: Prevalence of confectionery consumption (Number of 50g confectionery portions/person/month)

45

Prevalence of sweet/savoury snack consumption

Adults, 2016

BulgariaLatvia

Lithuania

Portugal

Hungary

ItalyEstonia

GreeceRomania

SloveniaPoland

CroatiaCzechia

FranceGermany

AustriaDenmark

SlovakiaBelgium

FinlandSweden

Netherlands

SpainUnited Kingdom

Ireland

0

5

10

15

20

Num

ber o

f por

tions


Definitions: Prevalence of sweet/savoury snack consumption (Number of 35g sweet/savoury snack portions/person/month)

46

Estimated per capita fruit intake

Adults, 2017

Bulgaria

Latvia

Poland

Slovakia

Hungary

Czechia

Lithuania

Rom

ania

Estonia

Germ

any

Belgium

Finland

United Kingdom

Cyprus

Malta

France

Croatia

Portugal

Sweden

Netherlands

Spain

Slovenia

Ireland

Austria

Denm

ark

Italy

Greece

Luxembourg

0

50

100

150

200

g/da

y


Age: 25+

References: Global Burden of Disease, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation http://ghdx.healthdata.org/

Definitions: Estimated per-capita fruit intake (g/day)

47

http://ghdx.healthdata.org/

Prevalence of less than daily fruit consumption

Children, 2014

Finland

Latvia

Sweden

Estonia

Lithuania

Greece

Poland

Netherlands

Hungary

Slovakia

Spain

France

Croatia

Bulgaria

Czechia

Italy

Malta

Germ

any

United Kingdom

Rom

ania

Luxembourg

Slovenia

Portugal

Ireland

Denm

ark

Austria

0

10

20

30

40

Age 12-17 Age 15

% <

dai

ly c

onsu

mpt

ion


References: Global School-based Student Health Surveys. Beal et al (2019). Global Patterns of Adolescent Fruit, Vegetable,

Carbonated Soft Drink, and Fast-food consumption: A meta-analysis of global school-based student health surveys. Food

and Nutrition Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1177/0379572119848287. Sourced from Food Systems Dashboard

http://www.foodsystemsdashboard.org/food-system

Definitions: Prevalence of less-than-daily fruit consumption (% less-than-daily fruit consumption)

48

https://doi.org/10.1177/0379572119848287.


Prevalence of less than daily vegetable consumption

Children, 2014

Spain

Estonia

Germ

any

Latvia

Italy

Slovakia

Slovenia

Czechia

Finland

Portugal

Croatia

Poland

Austria

Malta

Hungary

Lithuania

Greece

Luxembourg

Rom

ania

Sweden

France

Bulgaria

United Kingdom

Denm

ark

Ireland

Netherlands

0

10

20

30

40

% <

dai

ly c

onsu

mpt

ion


Age: 12-17

References: Beal et al. (2019). Global Patterns of Adolescent Fruit, Vegetable, Carbonated Soft Drink, and Fast-food consumption: A

meta-analysis of global school-based student health surveys. Food and Nutrition Bulletin.

https://doi.org/10.1177/0379572119848287 sourced from Food Systems Dashboard


Definitions: Prevalence of less-than-daily vegetable consumption (% less-than-daily vegetable consumption)

49

https://doi.org/10.1177/0379572119848287


Estimated per-capita processed meat intake

Adults, 2017

Croatia

Portugal

Greece

Poland

Cyprus

Hungary

Rom

ania

Austria

Czechia

Bulgaria

Slovakia

Slovenia

Ireland

Malta

Finland

Spain

Belgium

France

Italy

Denm

ark

Netherlands

Estonia

Luxembourg

Latvia

Germ

any

Lithuania

United Kingdom

Sweden

0

5

10

15

20

g/da

y


Age: 25+


Definitions: Estimated per-capita processed meat intake (g per day)

50


Estimated per capita whole grains intake

Adults, 2017

Italy

Malta

Greece

France

Cyprus

Denm

ark

Latvia

Bulgaria

United Kingdom

Hungary

Portugal

Slovakia

Sweden

Belgium

Croatia

Poland

Finland

Lithuania

Spain

Netherlands

Estonia

Rom

ania

Luxembourg

Slovenia

Germ

any

Austria

Czechia

Ireland

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

g/da

y


Age: 25+


Definitions: Estimated per-capita whole grains intake (g/day)

51


Mental health - depression disorders

Adults, 2015

United Kingdom

Netherlands

Belgium

France

Ireland

Latvia

Sweden

Denm

ark

Luxembourg

Rom

ania

Austria

Croatia

Cyprus

Hungary

Italy

Malta

Poland

Slovakia

Slovenia

Bulgaria

Czechia

Germ

any

Spain

Finland

Lithuania

Greece

Portugal

Estonia

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

% o

f pop

ulat

ion

References: Prevalence data from Global Burden of Disease study 2015 (http://ghdx.healthdata.org) published in: Depression and

Other Common Mental Disorders: Global Health Estimates. Geneva:World Health Organization; 2017. Licence: CC BY-

NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

Definitions: % of population with depression disorders

52

http://ghdx.healthdata.org

Mental health - anxiety disorders

Adults, 2015

Estonia

Finland

Latvia

Lithuania

Rom

ania

Croatia

Czechia

Slovenia

Hungary

Poland

Slovakia

Bulgaria

Spain

United Kingdom

Belgium

Sweden

Austria

Denm

ark

Greece

Luxembourg

Malta

Portugal

Italy

Cyprus

Germ

any

France

Ireland

Netherlands

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

% o

f pop

ulat

ion

References: Prevalence data from Global Burden of Disease study 2015 (http://ghdx.healthdata.org) published in: Depression and

Other Common Mental Disorders: Global Health Estimates. Geneva:World Health Organization; 2017. Licence: CC BY-

NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

Definitions: % of population with anxiety disorders

53

http://ghdx.healthdata.org

Oesophageal cancer

Men, 2018

Cyprus

Greece

Italy

Bulgaria

Malta

Finland

Rom

ania

Sweden

Spain

Croatia

Poland

Austria

Slovenia

Estonia

Luxembourg

Czechia

France

Germ

any

Portugal

Belgium

Ireland

Slovakia

Hungary

Denm

ark

Latvia

Lithuania

United Kingdom

Netherlands

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

Inci

denc

e pe

r 100

,000

Age: 20+

References: Global Cancer Observatory, Cancer incidence rates http://gco.iarc.fr/ (last accessed 30th June 2020)

Definitions: Estimated age-standardized incidence rates (World) in 2018, oesophagus, adults ages 20+. ASR (World) per

100,000

54

http://gco.iarc.fr/

Women, 2018

Greece

Portugal

Bulgaria

Rom

ania

Italy

Latvia

Malta

Cyprus

Estonia

Slovakia

Spain

Lithuania

Croatia

Poland

Slovenia

Austria

Sweden

Finland

Hungary

Czechia

Luxembourg

France

Germ

any

Belgium

Denm

ark

Netherlands

Ireland

United Kingdom

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

Inci

denc

e pe

r 100

,000

Age: 20+


Definitions: Estimated age-standardized incidence rates (World) in 2018, oesophagus, adults ages 20+. ASR (World) per

100,000

55

http://gco.iarc.fr/

Breast cancer

Women, 2018

Rom

ania

Poland

Bulgaria

Slovakia

Lithuania

Estonia

Latvia

Slovenia

Croatia

Greece

Czechia

Portugal

Austria

Spain

Cyprus

Germ

any

Hungary

Malta

Denm

ark

Finland

Sweden

Ireland

Italy

United Kingdom

France

Netherlands

Luxembourg

Belgium

0

50

100

150

Inci

denc

e pe

r 100

,000

Age: 20+


Definitions: Estimated age-standardized incidence rates (World) in 2018, breast, females, ages 20+. ASR (World) per

100,000

56

http://gco.iarc.fr/

Colorectal cancer

Men, 2018

Austria

Finland

Sweden

Germ

any

Luxembourg

Greece

Cyprus

Estonia

Lithuania

Malta

Italy

Rom

ania

France

United Kingdom

Bulgaria

Poland

Ireland

Czechia

Latvia

Belgium

Netherlands

Spain

Denm

ark

Croatia

Portugal

Slovenia

Slovakia

Hungary

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

Inci

denc

e pe

r 100

,000

Age: 20+


Definitions: Estimated age-standardized incidence rates (World) in 2018, colorectum, adults, ages 20+. ASR (World) per

100,000

57

http://gco.iarc.fr/

Women, 2018

Cyprus

Austria

Rom

ania

Bulgaria

Greece

Finland

Germ

any

Lithuania

Poland

Malta

Spain

Sweden

Italy

Czechia

France

Croatia

Luxembourg

Slovenia

Estonia

Ireland

United Kingdom

Latvia

Belgium

Portugal

Netherlands

Slovakia

Denm

ark

Hungary

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

Inci

denc

e pe

r 100

,000

Age: 20+


Definitions: Estimated age-standardized incidence rates (World) in 2018, colorectum, adults, ages 20+. ASR (World) per

100,000

58

http://gco.iarc.fr/

Pancreatic cancer

Men, 2018

Ireland

Netherlands

Cyprus

Portugal

United Kingdom

Spain

Denm

ark

Italy

Sweden

Poland

Finland

Luxembourg

Germ

any

Greece

Austria

Rom

ania

Belgium

Malta

Lithuania

Slovenia

Croatia

France

Czechia

Bulgaria

Slovakia

Hungary

Estonia

Latvia

0

5

10

15

20

25

Inci

denc

e pe

r 100

,000

Age: 20+


Definitions: Estimated age-standardized incidence rates (World) in 2018, pancreas, adults, ages 20+. ASR (World) per

100,000

59

http://gco.iarc.fr/

Women, 2018

Portugal

Cyprus

Spain

Greece

Ireland

Poland

Rom

ania

Bulgaria

Estonia

Lithuania

Croatia

United Kingdom

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Slovenia

Latvia

Malta

Sweden

Denm

ark

Finland

France

Czechia

Germ

any

Slovakia

Austria

Belgium

Hungary

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Inci

denc

e pe

r 100

,000

Age: 20+


Definitions: Estimated age-standardized incidence rates (World) in 2018, pancreas, adults, ages 20+. ASR (World) per

100,000

60

http://gco.iarc.fr/

Gallbladder cancer

Men, 2018

Malta

Latvia

Luxembourg

Bulgaria

Portugal

Finland

Lithuania

Cyprus

Denm

ark

Belgium

United Kingdom

Rom

ania

France

Sweden

Austria

Ireland

Germ

any

Greece

Estonia

Netherlands

Italy

Poland

Spain

Croatia

Czechia

Hungary

Slovenia

Slovakia

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

Inci

denc

e pe

r 100

,000

Age: 20+


Definitions: Estimated age-standardized incidence rates (World) in 2018, gallbladder, adults, ages 20+. ASR (World) per

100,000

61

http://gco.iarc.fr/

Women, 2018

Malta

Luxembourg

Latvia

Belgium

Portugal

Rom

ania

Greece

Bulgaria

Lithuania

France

Austria

Denm

ark

Germ

any

Cyprus

Spain

Finland

Netherlands

Estonia

United Kingdom

Croatia

Ireland

Italy

Sweden

Poland

Czechia

Hungary

Slovenia

Slovakia

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Inci

denc

e pe

r 100

,000

Age: 20+


Definitions: Estimated age-standardized incidence rates (World) in 2018, gallbladder, adults, ages 20+. ASR (World) per

100,000

62

http://gco.iarc.fr/

Kidney cancer

Men, 2018

Cyprus

Rom

ania

Portugal

Sweden

Luxembourg

Austria

Bulgaria

Finland

Netherlands

Malta

Poland

Germ

any

Belgium

Italy

Denm

ark

Spain

United Kingdom

Greece

Ireland

Slovenia

Croatia

Hungary

France

Slovakia

Latvia

Lithuania

Czechia

Estonia

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

Inci

denc

e pe

r 100

,000

Age: 20+


Definitions: Estimated age-standardized incidence rates (World) in 2018, kidney, adults, ages 20+. ASR (World) per 100,000

63

http://gco.iarc.fr/

Women, 2018

Cyprus

Bulgaria

Portugal

Rom

ania

Greece

Spain

Sweden

Netherlands

Austria

Germ

any

Luxembourg

Slovenia

Denm

ark

Italy

Finland

Poland

Malta

Belgium

Ireland

Croatia

United Kingdom

France

Hungary

Slovakia

Czechia

Estonia

Lithuania

Latvia

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

Inci

denc

e pe

r 100

,000

Age: 20+


Definitions: Estimated age-standardized incidence rates (World) in 2018, kidney, adults, ages 20+. ASR (World) per 100,000

64

http://gco.iarc.fr/

Cancer of the uterus

Women, 2018

Malta

Finland

Spain

Austria

Luxembourg

Cyprus

Netherlands

France

Italy

Slovenia

Germ

any

Belgium

Croatia

Greece

United Kingdom

Portugal

Sweden

Poland

Czechia

Denm

ark

Ireland

Slovakia

Hungary

Lithuania

Rom

ania

Bulgaria

Estonia

Latvia

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

Inci

denc

e pe

r 100

,000

Age: 20+


Definitions: Estimated age-standardized incidence rates (World) in 2018, cervix uteri, females, ages 20+. ASR (World) per

100,000

65

http://gco.iarc.fr/

Raised blood pressure

Adults, 2015

United Kingdom

Belgium

Netherlands

Greece

Spain

Sweden

Finland

Malta

Ireland

Cyprus

Germ

any

Denm

ark

Austria

Italy

Luxembourg

France

Portugal

Estonia

Czechia

Bulgaria

Slovakia

Poland

Lithuania

Latvia

Hungary

Rom

ania

Slovenia

Croatia

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

% ra

ised

blo

od p

ress

ure


http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A875?lang=en

Definitions: Age Standardised estimated % Raised blood pressure 2015 (SBP>=140 OR DBP>=90).

66


Men, 2015

United Kingdom

Belgium

Greece

Ireland

Netherlands

Spain

Cyprus

Finland

Sweden

Germ

any

Malta

Austria

Italy

Denm

ark

France

Luxembourg

Portugal

Bulgaria

Estonia

Slovakia

Czechia

Poland

Rom

ania

Slovenia

Hungary

Lithuania

Latvia

Croatia

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

% ra

ised

blo

od p

ress

ure




67


Women, 2015

United Kingdom

Belgium

Malta

Netherlands

Sweden

Finland

Spain

Denm

ark

Greece

Cyprus

Germ

any

Luxembourg

France

Ireland

Austria

Italy

Portugal

Estonia

Czechia

Slovakia

Latvia

Bulgaria

Poland

Lithuania

Hungary

Slovenia

Rom

ania

Croatia

0

5

10

15

20

25

% ra

ised

blo

od p

ress

ure




68


Raised cholesterol

Adults, 2008

Rom

ania

Greece

Croatia

Bulgaria

Sweden

Slovakia

Czechia

Lithuania

Hungary

Latvia

Portugal

Spain

Slovenia

Estonia

Cyprus

Poland

Finland

Malta

Austria

Netherlands

France

Italy

Belgium

Ireland

United Kingdom

Denm

ark

Germ

any

Luxembourg

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

% ra

ised

cho

lest

erol


http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A885

Definitions: % Raised total cholesterol (>= 5.0 mmol/L) (age-standardized estimate).

69


Men, 2008

Rom

ania

Croatia

Greece

Bulgaria

Slovakia

Czechia

Lithuania

Latvia

Hungary

Estonia

Sweden

Slovenia

Portugal

Finland

Cyprus

Spain

Poland

Malta

Austria

Italy

Netherlands

France

Belgium

United Kingdom

Ireland

Denm

ark

Luxembourg

Germ

any

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

% ra

ised

cho

lest

erol




70


Women, 2008

Rom

ania

Greece

Sweden

Bulgaria

Croatia

Slovakia

Czechia

Spain

Poland

Hungary

Lithuania

Portugal

Latvia

Slovenia

Cyprus

Estonia

Malta

Austria

Netherlands

Finland

Ireland

Belgium

France

United Kingdom

Germ

any

Italy

Denm

ark

Luxembourg

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

% ra

ised

cho

lest

erol




71


Raised fasting blood glucose

Men, 2014

Austria

Denm

ark

Belgium

Netherlands

Germ

any

Luxembourg

Sweden

Finland

France

Italy

United Kingdom

Ireland

Portugal

Cyprus

Spain

Greece

Croatia

Slovakia

Malta

Rom

ania

Estonia

Czechia

Latvia

Hungary

Bulgaria

Poland

Slovenia

Lithuania

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

% ra

ised

fast

ing

bloo

d gl

ucos

e



Definitions: Age Standardised % raised fasting blood glucose (>= 7.0 mmol/L or on medication).

72


Women, 2014

Netherlands

Austria

Denm

ark

Belgium

Sweden

Germ

any

Finland

United Kingdom

Luxembourg

Italy

Greece

Ireland

Rom

ania

Slovenia

France

Estonia

Latvia

Slovakia

Cyprus

Bulgaria

Croatia

Czechia

Poland

Portugal

Spain

Hungary

Lithuania

Malta

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

% ra

ised

fast

ing

bloo

d gl

ucos

e



Definitions: Age Standardised % raised fasting blood glucose (>= 7.0 mmol/L or on medication).

73


Diabetes prevalence

Adults, 2019

Ireland

Lithuania

United Kingdom

Estonia

Belgium

Greece

France

Sweden

Italy

Latvia

Luxembourg

Croatia

Netherlands

Finland

Slovenia

Bulgaria

Poland

Slovakia

Austria

Rom

ania

Hungary

Spain

Czechia

Denm

ark

Malta

Cyprus

Portugal

Germ

any

0

2

4

6

8

10

% d

iabe

tes

prev

alen

ce

Age: 20-79

References: Reproduced with kind permission International Diabetes Federation. IDF Diabetes Atlas, 9th edn. Brussels,Belgium:

2019. Available at: https://www.diabetesatlas.org

Definitions: Diabetes age-adjusted comparative prevalence (%).

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