The French might be renowned for their slim figures, but in reality, France is catching up with the United States. One in two adults is overweight and the situation in France now resembles that of the US twenty years ago. We weigh up efforts to beat globesity – a new term that describes the growing global health problem.
Could being moved on from camping in Zuccotti Park actually be good news for the Occupy movement? Have they won over mainstream opinion? And should they be worried about being used by politicians? The international papers look at all this, plus Syria, and why pizza is now a vegetable, apparently.
Brides-les-Bains is France's version of an obesity boot camp, a picturesque thermal resort tucked away in the French Alps. This week we follow patients sent to the village to lose weight during a three week state-funded sojourn.
Over one billion people in the world are overweight, at least 300 million people are said to be obese. Its an epidemic that is growing and leads to a host of other problems and so as Europe marks its first ever Obesity awareness day...HEALTH is taking a closer look at the latest theories and treatments surrounding the issue
Watch out Bill Gates, Carlos Slim is here. The Mexican tycoon has become the first person from a developing nation to be named the world's richest man. Also in Mexico, the murders of 3 people linked to the U-S consulate have drawn renewed attention to the rising drug-related violence in Ciudad Juarez. And, as U.S First Lady Michelle Obama takes on obesity, our correspondent sends us a report from the city that for years was known as the fattest in America.
US First Lady Michelle Obama initiated a campaign to tackle childhood obesity Tuesday, which is being supported by the food industry. Obesity, considered an epidemic in the US, affects one in three children aged six to 19.
In a landmark decision yesterday, a French court overturned a ruling which prevented a lesbian couple from adopting. Papers around the country are reacting to the news.
French journalist François Clémenceau’s new book, “Living With Americans,” is a passionate portrait of American society before and after Barack Obama’s election.
The WHO predicts that 2.3 billion adults will be overweight by 2015, HEALTH finds out that chewing your food is vital in the fight against obesity. Meanwhile too much salt is raising blood pressures of one in three people.
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