A recent report by the Office of Health Economics, commissioned by EFPIA, shows that elevated BMI is associated with 278,000 deaths and almost 8 million years of healthy life lost annually across eight European countries. The economic costs are equally significant, accounting for 0.6% to 1.4% of national GDP.

Germany has the largest total annual burden, at €55.2 billion.

Find out more in the report and the infographic.

Hosted by Professor Michal Vrablik, Professor of Internal Medicine at Charles University and an architect of the Czech National Cardiovascular Plan, and David Kelly, Operations Manager at Global Heart Hub, Chair of Heart and Stroke Voice Ireland, and a congenital heart valve disease patient, the discussion moves between policy and lived experience.

Listen to the podcast here.