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Persons to whom medicines were dispensed by medicine group (ATC), age and sex in absolute figures and as percentage of the total population

Smoking, alcohol and drug use, being overweight, physical activity Sexual health, nutrition, health examination, giving informal care.

In 2021, half of the Dutch population aged 18 years and over were overweight.

Health, chronic disorders, use of health care sex, age, eduational level, ethnicity, income level

People aged 45 and over with type 2 diabetes are more likely to suffer from other long-term disorders.

Last year 4.8 percent in the Dutch population reported to have diabetes.

According to figures released this week by Statistics Netherlands, the percentage of people in the Netherlands reporting that they have diabetes has risen substantially since the beginning of this...

One in ten people in the Netherlands suffered from obesity in 2012. They are much more likely to develop diabetes type 2, high blood pressure, degenerative joint disease and cardiovascular disease...

More than one and a half million people in the Netherlands provide intensive or long-term voluntary care; 1 in 7 carers - about 220 thousand people - feel burdened to some extent. Most voluntary...

These are just some findings in the book Food for thought: dietary and health trends in the Netherlands, published today.

Proportionally, more first-generation people with a non-western background than native Dutch take anti-diabetics. The most recent figures published by Statistics Netherlands show that, with respect...

Last year, 4 percent of people in the Netherlands were diabetic patients. Among them are more older, male and overweight people than among non-diabetics.

The proportion of diabetics in the Netherlands increased from nearly 3 percent in 2001/2002 to 4 percent in 2007/2008.