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World Service,30 Dec 1998,23 mins

Obesity - The New Epidemic

Health Matters

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One of the biggest challenges to world health is obesity, a result of eating too much. It is a public health issue on a par with smoking and on the increase in developing nations. There are obesity hotspots all over the world as dietary and lifestyle habits change. The programme also reports on the eating disorder anorexia nervosa, which is no longer found in just western nations.

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