05
Mar
The negative trend seems inevitable: a national survey carried out by the Ministry of Health in 2013 concluded that 57.9% of the Argentine population was overweight or obese. For 2019, the same investigation was repeated and the prevalence of excess weight increased, reaching 61.6% (36.3% overweight and 25.3% obese). In addition, comparing this figure with that of 2005, obesity increased by no less than 73.3%. Broadly speaking, today it is estimated that at least six out of ten Argentines over the age of 18 are overweight and one in four is obese. All the worrying figures that took on a…