London, 26 Aug (EFE).-the Government should take “toughest” measures to eradicate the problem of obesity health systems of different countries, according to a group of international experts.
In a series of articles that publishes the scientific journal The Lancet, a team of researchers is of the view that no country has been able to deal with still this problem.
According to them, the changes experienced by society make people find it more difficult to lead a healthy life and consider that without the mediation of the Governments, health systems could be saturated.
The problems associated with obesity, such as diabetes, are now between 2 and 6 per cent of the health of the majority of countries cost and according to one of the articles, it is likely that this situation will worsen if continue the current trends.
Experts developed projections for U.S. and United Kingdom, two of developed countries with the worst rates of obesity, and predicted that those rates would rise in a room where the British up to 40 percent by 2030.
To fulfil the prophecy to the national health service (NHS) of the United Kingdom would cost another two billion pounds a year, equivalent to 2 per cent of expenditure on health.
The increase in healthcare costs would be even greater for United States, where obesity rates would increase from one in three people to one of every two.
The experts agreed that the whole of society has a role to play in eradicating the problem and pointed out that Governments have to resort to legislation and to direct intervention to create an environment better.
According to them, measures such as the restriction of the advertisements of food garbage, tax unhealthy food, to label food and to promote education in the schools programs save money while they benefit health.
The expert Klim McPherson, Professor at the University of Oxford, one of the researchers, said that “it is to change the environment in which people live so they can have healthier options”.
McPherson urged that at the next Summit of the UN on health in September is it press Governments to act. EFE
