Health Report: Rise in Childhood Obesity, Drop in Smoking

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The 2025 community medicine quality indicators report shows that the rate of obesity among seven-year-old children reached 8.6%, the highest figure since measurement began in 2014, according to Walla. In Ashkelon the rate was the highest in the country, at 13.1%, according to Walla, and in Bnei Brak the rate is significantly lower than the national average, according to Arutz Sheva.

According to Ynet, the Nazareth area recorded the highest diabetes rate in the country, and the Tel Aviv area recorded the lowest volume of antidepressant purchases in the country, and the Jerusalem district ranked last in all three early cancer detection screening tests. According to Channel 14, diabetes rates continue to rise, and so do purchases of antidepressant medications.