Today, I should like to share with you a very positive news for Spain: “WHO describes as extremely good health of Spain”.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has indicated, in London, to present a report, on 53 countries in the European region, the health of Spanish is "extremely good", by most of the parameters analyzed.
Some children playing on a beach of Alicante, East of Spain
The analysis highlights the high life expectancy, in this country, of 79.5 years, for men, and 85.5, for women, and alert, however, that the advance of overweight and obesity can cloud these figures in the future.
Special games for old people in Denia, Alicante
"The Spanish women live longer than any other in Europe. That is a tremendous achievement", says Claudia Stein, director of the Division of Information, Evidence, Research and Innovation, at the Regional Office for Europe of the UN body.
The reasons for this high life expectancy are diverse, according to Stein: "It is due to a combination of lifestyle and diet, but also involved the country's healthcare system".
Norwegian people follow Spain, in this health indicator, the men have a life expectancy at birth of 79.7 years and women 83.6 years. The last country, on the list, is Ukraine, with a life expectancy of 65.2 years, for men and 75.3, for women.
The WHO report states that alcohol and snuff has declined, in recent years, in most of the countries studied, although Europeans continue to smoke and drink, more than the world average, and are among the most obese.
In Spain, 23.7% of those over 18 years were obese, in 2014, while, in 2010, the figure was 22.1%. Andorra, where 29.5% of adults are obese; and the UK, where prevalence is 28.1%, are the European countries, where the excess weight is more widespread.
"Spain enjoys what is called Mediterranean diet, with plenty of olive oil and relatively low in saturated fats. But the fact that obesity increases not only due to the diet also influences physical activity has declined, especially among the younger generation", said Stein.
"If obesity continues to increase, as it has done until now,it can jeopardize many of the good results that have been achieved, in the field of health. That would be an unnecessary tragedy, since obesity, and alcohol and snuff are risks that can be avoided", said the expert.
The report stresses that all causes of mortality, in Spain, infectious-diseases, noncommunicable diseases and external causes, such as accidents and poisonings are declining and are "in line or below" the average of the European Union (EU).
Alcohol consumption, in Spain, has declined slightly, in recent years, in parallel with the other EU countries, while the snuff has done at a higher rate than in the rest of the Union.
According to 2012 data, 32.1% of adult men smoke in Spain, 28.3% for women. In Hungary, only 19.3% of men smoke; 17.4% for women, while, in Greece, the European country with the highest consumption of snuff, they do 54.8% of men and 35.7% of women.
With regard to the four major noncommunicable diseases –cardiovascular sickness, cancer, diabetes and digestive ailments--, its prevalence, between Spanish men between 30 and 69 years, it is decreasing, "in line", with the rest of the EU, while among women, it is between the lowest on the continent.
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Until my next post, kind regards,
Luis.
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