SWEDEN

 
 
 

Swedish Association for 
the Study of Obesity  

 
 
Steering Committee
President

Erik Näslund, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgery
Karolinska Institute
Danderyds Hospital
SE-182 88 Danderyd, Sweden
Phone: +46 8 655 50 00
E-mail: erik.naslund@kids.ki.se
Secretary

Jarl S Torgerson, MD, PhD 
Dept of Body Composition and Metabolism
Sahlgrenska University Hospital
SE-413 45 Göteborg, Sweden
Phone: +46 31 342 40 46
Fax: +46 31 41 85 27
E-mail: jarl.torgerson@medfak.gu.se
Treasurer
Carl-Erik Flodmark, MD, PhD
Childhood Obesity Unit
Dept of Pediatrics
University Hospital
SE-205 02 Malmö, Sweden
Phone: +46 40 33 16 54
Fax: +46 40 33 83 21
E-mail:carl-erik.flodmark@pediatrik.mas.lu.se
Member 
Stephan Rössner, MD, Professor
Obesity Unit
Huddinge University Hospital
SE-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden
Phone: +46 8 585 869 97
Fax: +46 8 774 99 62
E-mail: stephan.rossner@medhs.ki.se
Member
Finn Rasmussen MD, MPH, Associate Professor
Division of Epidemiology
Karolinska University Hospital
Norrbacka Building
SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
Phone: +46 8 517 765 92
Fax: +46 8 517 765 29
E-mail: finn.rasmussen@phs.ki.se
Member
Anna Karin Lindroos, Clinical Nutritionist, PhD
Dept of Body Composition and Metabolism
Sahlgrenska University Hospital
SE-413 45 Göteborg, Sweden
Phone: +46 31 342 32 03
Fax: +46 31 41 85 27
E-mail: anna.karin.lindroos@medfak.gu.se
   
IASO National Representatives

1994-2002
Lars Sjöström, MD, Professor 
Dept of Body Composition and Metabolism
Sahlgrenska University Hospital
SE-413 45 Göteborg, Sweden
Phone: +46 31 342 30 53
Fax: +46 31 41 85 27
E-mail: lars.sjostrom@medfak.gu.se
1998-2006
Lauren Lissner, Associate Professor
Dept of Primary Health Care
Arvid Wallgrens Backe, hus 7
Box 454 
SE-411 33 Göteborg, Sweden
Phone: +46 31 61 77 11
Fax: +46 31 778 17 04
E-mail: lauren.lissner@medfak.gu.se
   
Past Chairs

1988-1993   Per Björntorp
1993-1997     Stephan Rössner
1997-2000     Lauren Lissner

  
   
Obesity in Sweden
According to Statistics Sweden and the Swedish MONICA studies, the prevalence of obesity is currently more than 10% among adult Swedes.

In the past 20 years the prevalence of overweight and obesity have approximately tripled among 18- year-old military recruits.
 
Latest figures from Statistics Sweden
16-84 year old Swedes in 1996/97
    Reported Corrected
BMI>25 Men
Women		 39.1%
26.4 %		 41.2 %
29.8 %
BMI>30 Men
Women		 6.8%
7.2 %		 10.0 %
11.9 %
Mean BMI Men
Women		 25.4
24.0		 25.8
24.9