Fact sheet - Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI) - the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (2018)

The WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (or COSI) is a unique system that for over 10 years has measured trends in overweight and obesity among primary school aged children. The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia first joined COSI in 2009/2010, and joined over 40 countries in the fourth round of the study in 2015/2016 to continue to collect high quality and comparable data on childhood overweight and obesity.