War on excess pounds is declared: in 2015, 603,7 million adults and 107,7 million children suffered from obesity worldwide, according to a new study published in the American medical journal New England Journal of Medicine . The results show a "growing" and "disturbing" public health crisis globally, according to the authors. One in ten people suffer from obesity. This scourge does not spare Saint Martin with 30% of overweight individuals and 28% of obese (31% in women and 22% in men), according to the Regional Health Observatory of Guadeloupe ( 2012). As a reminder, the Collectivity has recently set up sports health courses in the area, as part of the local health contract (CLS). _EH
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