DistantNews
Support us
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania /Health & Science

More Than Half of the EU Population Is Overweight. Where Does Romania Rank?

From Adevฤƒrul · () Romanian

Translated from Romanian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

News Documents & data Context piece
  • Eurostat reported that 16.3% of adults in the European Union were obese in 2025 and another 35.4% were pre-obese.
  • Malta had the highest obesity rate at 26.6%, while Italy had the lowest at 7%; Romania recorded 12.9%.
  • Obesity and pre-obesity rates were higher among EU men than women, while underweight was more common among women.

More than half of adults in the European Union were overweight in 2025, according to Eurostat data cited by EFE. The total included 16.3% who were obese and 35.4% classified as pre-obese, for a combined rate of 51.7%.

Eurostat defines obesity as a body mass index of 30 or higher. Pre-obesity covers a body mass index from 25 to below 30. A body mass index below 18.5 is classified as underweight.

Malta recorded the highest obesity rate in the EU, at 26.6%, followed by Latvia at 24.6% and Finland at 23.2%. Italy had the lowest rate, at 7%, followed by Greece at 12.8% and Romania at 12.9%.

Spain recorded an obesity rate of 14.9% and a pre-obesity rate of 36.3%, putting total overweight prevalence at 51.2%. Across the EU, obesity affected 17.4% of men and 15.3% of women. Pre-obesity was also more common among men, at 41.9%, compared with 29.3% among women.

Underweight showed the opposite pattern: 2.9% of EU women were underweight, compared with 1% of men.

About this summary

Originally published by Adevฤƒrul in Romanian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

More Stories

From Our Blog