About 22 mln children in Europe are overweight_English_Xinhua

BRUSSELS, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Europe has almost 22 million overweight children, and a further 1.3 million will be overweight or obese by 2010, according to a report by the European Parliament's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety adopted on Tuesday.

    The report called for an earlier start of measures to prevent obesity. Remedies include clearer food labeling, better food in schools and kindergartens, restrictions on advertising unhealthy food to children.