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indicate abnormal or excessive fat growth that presents an upcoming future health risk. A rough measure of obesity among the population is the body mass index (BMI), a person’s weight (in kilograms) divided by the square of height (in meters). A person with a BMI of 30 or more is generally considered
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A further 4.2% of all deaths, or 52 per 100,000 persons, were due to external causes, mainly accidents and injuries. This is the most common cause of death for men under 45, accounting for nearly 31% of all deaths in this demographic group. This is also five times more than for women in the same age
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A blanket ban on smoking in public places was introduced on 15 November 2010, with a penalty fine of up to 500 zlotys. Smoking is effectively banned on public transport, transport stops and stations, schools and universities, workplaces, sports arenas, and other public places. Owners of pubs,
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Enrollment in private health insurance schemes is an increasingly popular practice in Poland, further popularized in recent years by the COVID-19 pandemic. By the end of the third quarter of 2023, 4.69 million people in Poland had private health insurance, up 15% year-on-year, with a total
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capitalization of 1.1745 billion PLN ($ 279 million), up nearly 34% year-on-year. In total, Polish people pay nearly 10 billion PLN ($ 2.38 billion) a year on private healthcare, according to a report by INFARMA, an association of pharmaceutical companies.
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