One Out Of Six Hungarian Kids Is Overweight

According to the European research made in eight European countries Hungarian children drink too much sweet soft drinks and do not eat enough fresh fruits and vegetables. Moreover, they do not even sleep enough or do some sporting activity regularly – MNO.hu reported.

Hungarian, Belgian, Cypriot, Estonian, German, Italian, Spanish and Swedish kids were examined in the research called I Family project to assess the health condition of the European youth. Having evaluated and summarized the Hungarian results, Dénes Molnár, the director of the Department of Paediatrics of University of Pécs noted that about 16 thousand children have been participated in this project, out of which 2323 were Hungarian kids from counties Zala and Baranya.

Biological samples have been taken from the participants and their physical activity levels have also been measured. Moreover, the participants were asked to fill out several questionnaires and to write a food diary as well. Dénes Molnár pointed out that this research was part of another project which started in 2007 and the same kids were involved in the survey seven years ago and now as well. On the basis of the results and findings, Éva Kovács who took part in the research said that 10% of the examined kids was overweight while 6% was definitely obese. This means that we, Hungarians, belong to the European average in this context.