Obesity in Sweden
Ranking Country Percentage Overweight
85 Panama 51.4
86 Tunisia 51.0
87 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 50.6
88 Brazil 50.5
89 Belize 49.8
90 Sweden 49.7
91 Norway 49.1
92 Russia 49.1
93 El Salvador 48.7
94 Lesotho 48.5
95 Suriname 47.8
Forbes ranking 2007
Obesity in Sweden has been increasingly cited as a major health issue in recent years. Sweden is the 90th fattest country in the world. In 2009, the number of people who are considered overweight or obese had not increased for the first time in 70 years. Claude Marcus, a leading Swedish nutrition expert from the Karolinska Institutet, stated that one solution is to introduce a fat tax. Folksam refused to insure a 5-year-old girl from Orust. The insurance company refused her insurance based on serious overweight/obesity. A report showed that children whose parents were better educated had a lower chance of becoming overweight.