EU Says Europeans Are Getting Fatter

May 30th, 2007 By RAF CASERT , Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- A majority of adults are obese or overweight in most European Union nations and kids increasingly contributing to make Europe a fat continent, the EU's top public health official said Wednesday.

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