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Obesity: a globe trotter?
By Yara Sfeir
Is Obesity a problem only found in the United States and Europe or does it also exist in Lebanon? What percentage of the population is obese in Lebanon? What about in the rest of the Middle East? Recent research conducted in the region reveals... > Full Story |
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Down with Diets! Get the Balance Right
By Élodie Morel Lebbos
Fashion photos in magazines and models in posters and in TV ads are feminine images that advocate slimness (rather thinness) as a unique ideal of beauty. In the west, this reality is more and more defined as a cause of the increase in anorexia among... > Full Story |
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Obesity Epidemic Needs A Social Approach Urge Scientists
An international team of scientists is urging health professionals to adopt a more social approach to tackling the global obesity epidemic. > Full Story |
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Obesity More Dangerous Than Terrorism?
By AFP
World governments focus too much on fighting terrorism while obesity and other "lifestyle diseases" are killing millions more people, the Oxford Health Alliance Summit, an international conference, heard Monday, February 25 in... > Full Story |
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