UK having its chips in obesity stakes
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CAMPAIGNERS hope that shocking statistics on the global epidemic of heart disease and strokes will prompt countries to take action to reduce risks to health.
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Ministers launch a Â£372m anti-obesity strategy to "transform the environment" in which people live.
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Junk food advertisements will not be shown on television before 9pm, as part of the British government&#39;s plan to fight the country&#39;s obesity crisis.
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It&#39;s time now for everyone to wake up to the fact that this obesity situation is not a diet, it&#39;s not about whether you are fitting into a pair of blue jeans.
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Most British citizens could be obese by 2050, a new government report warns, and the nation's health secretary called Wednesday for a fundamental shift in the way the nation tackles obesity.
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Scientists have pinpointed a unlikely potential weapon in the war against obesity - seaweed.
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Governments must wake up to the scourge of obesity or it will soon be too late to win the battle against the global epidemic, a senior World Health Organization official warned.
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The NHS will be at risk unless more is done to combat obesity and increase productivity, a report says.
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LONDON -- It may be obvious that most Britons are overweight. What isn't so obvious is that at least 2 million of them are likely malnourished _ and that includes some of the people who are too fat.
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The European Union's health chief wants to introduce tougher food labeling rules to combat the growing problem of obesity across Europe, but is facing stiff political and industrial opposition.
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Rising levels of obesity in Britain  could lead to as many as 12,000 new cases of weight-related  cancer each year by the end of the decade, a leading charity  warned on Tuesday.
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NICE has recommended a raft of measures to tackle the growing obesity epidemic.
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The rising levels of obesity could bankrupt the NHS if left unchecked, doctors warn.
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Obesity has been a factor in at least 20 child protection cases in the last year, the BBC learns.
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The European Union could consider legislation to regulate the junk food industry so as to tackle the continent's increasing obesity problem, the EU's health commissioner said.
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The Scottish Executive pledges to tackle childhood obesity amid calls for TV adverts on junk food to be banned.
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Obesity levels in South Africa are on a par with the US, say doctors discussing the global epidemic.