By SAM SER
Nearly 20% of Israeli children are obese or in danger of becoming obese.
Nearly 25% of Israeli adults are obese (with a BMI of 30 and above).
Roughly 75% of morbidly obese Israelis (with a BMI of 40 or above) are women.
The youngest people to undergo bariatric surgery in Israel have been 13-14 years old. The oldest have been in their 70s.
Although obesity is a disease characteristic of an affluent society, it mostly strikes the poor.