Obesity in Sweden has been increasingly cited as a major health issue in recent years. Sweden is the 90th fattest country in the world.[1] In 2009, the number of people who are considered overweight or obese had not increased for the first time in 70 years.[2] Claude Marcus, a leading Swedish nutrition expert from the Karolinska Institutet, stated that one solution is to introduce a fat tax.[3] Folksam refused to insure a 5-year-old girl from Orust.[4] The insurance company refused her insurance based on "serious overweight/obesity".[4] A report showed that children whose parents were better educated had a lower chance of becoming overweight.[5]