EU: Health Commissioner warns of obesity health disaster
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David Byrne, the European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection, has warned that obese children may be storing up a future health disaster.
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Very obese people are as unhealthy, and probably as likely to die, as patients with heart failure, US researchers have reported. A second
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Evolution and the environment, not just   gluttony, has led to a global obesity pandemic, with an   estimated 1.5 billion people overweight -- more than the number   of undernourished people -- an obesity conference was told on   Monday.
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The global obesity epidemic is completely out of control, with more than 300 million overweight adults worldwide, according to specialists at the first international obesity conference in Africa.
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Europe's food and drink industry could face new regulations if it does not try harder to tackle obesity.
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Epidemic of overweightness means monitoring is needed from infancy onwards, expert warns.
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With the Chinese economy booming and people&#39;s living standards rising, the number of overweight citizens in the world&#39;s most populous nation has shot up to 200 million, which could trigger a major health hazard, the government said here today.
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LONDON -- European health ministers from 53 countries approved the world's first charter to fight obesity on Thursday, vowing greater action against the epidemic of expanding waistlines across the continent.
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The government says it may begin warning parents of school pupils if their child is found to be overweight.
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Life & style: A government study says modern life has Britain sleepwalking towards an obesity crisis.
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Britain faces &#39;losing a generation&#39; of children to obesity-related disease, the Duchess of York has warned. Speaking as guest editor of BBC Radio 4&#39;s flagship Today programme, Sarah Ferguson called on the government to take action and tackle the problem.
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The rising levels of obesity could bankrupt the NHS if left unchecked, doctors warn.
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Obesity has reached pandemic proportions throughout the world and is now the greatest single contributor to chronic disease, an international conference was told here.
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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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TORONTO - With almost half of adults in Ontario overweight or obese, unhealthy weights are reaching epidemic proportions, Ontario&#39;s chief medical officer of health warned Wednesday.
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NICE has recommended a raft of measures to tackle the growing obesity epidemic.
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Obesity is out of control with more than 300 million overweight adults worldwide, according to specialists at the first international obesity conference in Africa.