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More than half of Israel’s citizens are overweight, according to the latest Health at a Glance report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

The report published this month states that the populations of all of the countries in the OECD membership — which includes Israel — have all improved their live expectancy by 10 years, since 1970, now reaching an average of 80.6 years.

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The average rate of overweight adults in the OECD is 54 percent — and in Israel, it’s not much lower: it’s 53 percent. Nineteen percent of adults in the OECD are obese, compared with 17 percent in Israel.

Smoking rates have fallen, although that is also still an issue: approximately one in five adults still smokes daily.


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Hana Levi Julian is a Middle East news analyst with a degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from Southern Connecticut State University. A past columnist with The Jewish Press and senior editor at Arutz 7, Ms. Julian has written for Babble.com, Chabad.org and other media outlets, in addition to her years working in broadcast journalism.