Healthy Eating and Active Lifestyles

Overweight, which includes obesity, affects over half of all men and women in OECD countries.Although the causes of weight gain are multifaceted and complex, changes to what people eat and levels of physical activity are the two leading factors.People living with overweight are at greater risk of developing non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes and certain cancers.Such diseases are associated with greater health care use leading to higher health expenditure.Overweight also worsens workforce productivity, for example through higher rates of absenteeism.Previous OECD analyses show that gross domestic product would be 3.3% lower per year on average across OECD countries due to…