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Children who struggle with maintaining a healthy weight can now get reimbursed by their health insurance for appointments with nutritionists. This was previously only available to adults.
Firefighters in Belgium are getting too fat, new medical data has revealed.
People in Belgium drink more but smoke less than their European neighbours - and more than half of Belgians are overweight, according to new research by the World Health Organisation.
Some 25% of children in Brussels are overweight, and one in seven is considered obese.
Surgeons from the Hospital Netwerk Antwerpen (ZNA) in March performed a gastrointestinal reduction through the oesophagus for an obese patient, a first in Belg
According to recent figures from the World Health Organization (WHO), one in six Belgian youth is overweight, a relatively low number compared with other European countries.
Six Belgian municipalities – Hasselt, Comines-Warneton, Jette, Liège, Marche-en-Famenne and Mouscron – have joined a European intiative to fight obesity among young people.
