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Archive for August 2nd, 2008

Effective solutions to obesity appear to be junked

Victoria Macdonald

The Guardian,
Wednesday July 30 2008
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A government report says almost nine in 10 adults and two-thirds of children will be overweight or obese by 2050 unless we do something now. Photograph: PA

How fat is our nation? A doctor at a south of England hospital told me [...]

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Greece tops fat league as diet of the Med decays

John Hooper in Rome
The Guardian
Wednesday July 30 2008

Greece, the nation that gave rise to the idea of well-formed muscular men in the name of Adonis, now has the highest prevalence of obesity in the EU, according to a report issued yesterday.
“Greece today is the [...]

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