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Monday, September 3, 2018
Study finds around half Israeli adults overweight
Around half of Israeli adults over 20 are overweight, according to a study released by the Central Bureau of Statistics.
The study finds that 55 percent of men and 41% of women are overweight, and that 24% of women dieted regularly as compared to 18% of men.
Over half of women, 58%, said they wanted to lose weight, while 46% of men said they wanted to lose weight.
Last year, an OECD study similarly found that over half of Israeli adults were overweight or obese.