In Hamburg According to health insurance companies, more children and young people are morbidly overweight than the national average. In 2024, 3.4 percent of under-15-year-olds in the Hanseatic city would have been diagnosed with obesity, Barmer announced on the occasion of World Obesity Day this Wednesday. Hamburg is nine percent above the national average.
Teenagers are particularly affected: According to the children’s atlas from the Barmer Institute for Health Systems Research, 6.9 percent of boys between the ages of 13 and 14 were obese in 2024. According to the information, it was six percent of girls of the same age.
Barmer state manager Susanne Klein warned of the long-term consequences. “Anyone who is too fat in their youth usually stays that way as an adult.” A healthy weight and sufficient exercise at a young age are important in order to avoid illnesses such as diabetes, high blood pressure, orthopedic problems or even depression.
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