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OLYMPIC EXHIBITION SHOES HOW EXERCISE CHANGES OUR BODIES ++REPLAY++
By the time they finish these boys will know more than just how high they can jump.
They're also getting their muscles, lung capacity, blood vessels and lung capacity measured.
The plan is to ensure that by the time they walk out of the...
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Emirati weight loss programme rewards participants in gold
With more than two thirds of Emiratis now thought to be heavier than average - and with one of the highest rates of diabetes in the world - the UAE has a weighty problem.
For the second year running, the Government has launched a...
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Doctors consider options for patients on World Diabetes Day ++ EMBARGOED UNTIL 00.01 GMT FRIDAY 14 NOVEMBER++
A staggering 347 million people worldwide have diabetes and the World Health Organisation's most recent figures show it killed one and a half million diabetics in 2012.
The number of people with the disease is increasing rapidly and...
AFP News Agency
VOICED : Soft drink sugar tax hits South Africa
VOICED : Soft drink sugar tax hits South Africa
Bloomberg
Novo Nordisk CEO on Pricing, U.S. Investments, M&A
Feb.02 -- Lars Fruergaard Jorgensen, chief executive officer and president at Novo Nordisk, discusses pricing in the U.S., his investments in the U.S. and their prospects for growth. He speaks to Bloomberg's Guy Johnson on "Bloomberg...
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U.S. preschoolers less pudgy as obesity falls
Preschoolers on government food aid have grown a little less pudgy, a U.S. study found, offering fresh evidence that previous signs of declining obesity rates weren't a fluke.
Press Association
Further 1.5 million children should be given free school meals - report
A further 1.5 million children should be brought into the free school meals programme, while poorer youngsters should also be fed during the school holidays, a Government-ordered review has said. The National Food Strategy, led by Leon...
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Why Have U.K. Kids Been Less Affected By Delta Than Those In The U.S.?
Unlike the U.S., the Delta wave has not resulted in a higher number of children being admitted to the hospital in the U.K.
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Why Does U.S. Life Expectancy Rank Poorly?
Life expectancy is a key metric used to determine the heath of a country. The World Bank says it's improving around the world.
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Fmr US president launches campaign to combat child obesity
1. Wide shot school gymnasium with students performing a jump-rope routine, pan to show former US president Bill Clinton and Governor Mike Huckabee of Arkansas on stage
2. Clinton seated next to Huckabee with jump-roper performing in...
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Latvian schools are to be banned from selling children junk food
1. Mothers with their children outside Riga English Grammar School building
2. Wide of schoolchildren near school building
3. Close up woman near school doors
4. Wide of parents and children going to school
5. Wide of school canteen
6....
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Obesity was a real possibility for Paris Woods. So her doctors put her in a special study for overweight teens, giving her and her parents regular access to a nutritionist and a personal trainer. Video essay by Martha Irvine.
HEADLINE: Video Essay: Fighting childhood obesity
CAPTION: Obesity was a real possibility for Paris Woods. So her doctors put her in a special study for overweight teens, giving her and her parents regular access to a nutritionist and a...
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New York City now requires chain restaurants to post calorie info on menus
1. People walking down street filled with restaurants
2. Exteriors of Olive Garden restaurant
3. Various of menu on KFC restaurant window showing calorie details of food
4. Street filled with various restaurants
5. Menu inside restaurant...
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Obesity conference demands ban on advertising to children
Brazil is known more for it's sun, beautiful beaches and landscapes, rather than it's growing problem with obesity.
But even though the outdoor lifestyle is entrenched here, over half the male population and an even greater number of...
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Govt introduces health reforms to decrease child obesity
19 October 2011
1. Pan right of children in school uniforms walking on street
2. Mid of students in queue entering school
3. Mid of students, parents outside school
4. Wide of Dr Marisol Villegas in her office
5. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Dr...
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CHINA: CHUBBY KIDS ATTEND "FAT CAMP"
Beijing and Guangxi Province, China - August 7-8 and recent
Beijing
1. Wide shot kids at "fat camp" jogging toward camera
2. Close-up feet as kids jog
3. Medium shot kids jogging toward camera
4. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin): Zhang Yue,...
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USA: WASHINGTON: HILLARY CLINTON LAUNCHES HEALTH CAMPAIGN
Eng/Nat
Hillary Rodham Clinton has urged Americans to focus on their health and lose some weight.
The US First Lady was joined by former Surgeon General Koop at the launch of the "Shape Up America!" campaign.
Scientists have found that...
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USA: NEW REPORT ON OBESITY
Los Angeles, US - 26th October 1999 XFA
1. Wide shot of overweight couple walking down street
2. Close up of overweight man
3. Wide shot of American Medical Association conference
4. Medium shot of speaker
5. Close up of graphic...
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The city of San Francisco recently voted to allow a referendum on a sugary drink tax. Supporters argue it will curb obesity, but opponents are concerned about its impact on small business. (July 8)
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(NATS: "bottle or can?")
SOUNDBITE (English) Jana Thompson, Chile Lindo customer and San Francisco resident who opposes taxing soda
"I think there's a limit to how many regulations on human...
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Celebrating being overweight
London, 8 October 2007
1. Various shots of Beth Ditto, the lead singer of the band The Gossip
London, 29 March 2009
2. Pan right, member of public being intiated into the Chubsters gang
UPSOUND (English) Charlotte Cooper, Head of...
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County officials in Silicon Valley trying to curb childhood obesity are voting on a ban on restaurants giving away toys and other freebies that often come with high-calorie meals aimed at kids.
HEADLINE: Calif. County Tries to Ban Toys in Kids Meals
CAPTION: County officials in Silicon Valley trying to curb childhood obesity are voting on a ban on restaurants giving away toys and other freebies that often come with high-calorie...
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A new Associated Press-NORC poll finds Americans know obesity is a health crisis but still want access to junk food. They're split over the government's role in curbing the epidemic by limiting food choices.
HEADLINE: Poll: Americans are obese, still want junk food
CAPTION: A new Associated Press-NORC poll finds Americans know obesity is a health crisis but still want access to junk food. They're split over the government's role in...
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The Mexican senate approved on Thursday night a tax on sugary drinks and junk food in a country that's now considered the most obese in the world.
The Mexican senate approved on Thursday night a tax on sugary drinks and junk food in a country that's now considered the most obese in the world.
The Senate approved a five to eight percent tax on foods with 270 calories or more per...
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Study claims pistachio nut consumption could protect against type 2 diabetes
Surrounded by fresh produce like this, it's easy to forget that most us have gone from whole foods to fast foods, but a look at the world's waistline is a sharp reminder .
In a study for the World Health Organisation in 2009 the...