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Obesity is one of the biggest public health problems today. Overweight and obesity are risk factors for the development of today's leading chronic non-communicable diseases, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, tumors, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and mental disorders. According to the Croatian Institute of Public Health in Croatia, as well as in Europe, more than half of people over the age of 18 are overweight and obese, 57.4% of them, of which 18.7% are obese. Statistics also show that the older the age group, the higher the proportion of obese people: the lowest proportion of obese people was recorded in the group of 18 to 24 years (24%), while the group of 65 to 74 years has the highest share of obese people (65%). ). The only exceptions are those over 75. Also, on average, one in 650 newborns is born with Down syndrome. According to some data, there are over 1,500 people with Down syndrome in the Republic of Croatia, and only a few are employed on the open market, while most of them want to work but no one wants to hire them.