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Finns became the third most overweight nation of europe in just 10 years

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Suomalaisista tuli alle 10 vuodessa Euroopan kolmanneksi lihavin kansa – professori arvostelee rajusti päättäjiä

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A lot of things aren't mentioned in the article but are still factual and true.
A tldr due to it being in Finnish:
Finland was in 15th place in 2014
~1.2 million have over 30 BMI in Finland
~1.2 million have fatty liver, 800k some type of sleep apnea, 500k type 2 diabetes
Processed foods and sweets getting more popular are blamed as the reason for this
Some experts and doctors recommend a higher taxes on these products, especially sweets (a higher candy tax was supposed to happen this year, but it was lobbied by companies not to); soft drink tax is still planned to get higher this year.
Some mentions at the end about Pohjois-Karjala(North Karelia) project. Old project that was done to reduce heart and lung diseases occuring in that municipality by teaching how to reduce salt/fat/smoking. Something similar could be done now in whole Finland
The numbers for 2022 if you're interested
- How is the home of pasta and pizza the thinnest place?
  
  Because as long as you're satiated at a decent calorie level and have a good balance of nutrients, it doesn't matter too much what you eat
  Food such as pasta or pizza isn't objectively bad for you. I wonder if people think that because they associate it with being tasty, and think that anything tasty must be bad
  
  Pasta has a low calory density. Pizza a bit more because of the cheese. You can eat pasta everyday and stay lean as long as you don't put too much fat on it.
  
  what is unhealthy about pasta and pizza?
Article in Finnish.
- Had no problems translating it with one click using an extension for my browser
YOU FAT FUX STOP EATING
- Silly follower of Trumpstein. So edgy.
- Hard to do that when you're hungry. Blaming the victim increases shame/guilt/stress and makes it worse, since that causes hormone production that result in weight gain. Working on a sustainable way to lose weight such as by reducing known obesogens is much more constructive.
  
  People aren't getting fat by just eating for hunger but for overeating.

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