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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9528
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/health

Improving fight against obesity without stigmatising sufferers

Brussels, 22/10/2007 (Agence Europe) - The Belgian Liberal Frédérique Ries, a supporter of the Belgian obese patients' association, BOLD, hosted a symposium on obesity at the European Parliament on Thursday 18 October. The MEP, who wrote a report on this major public health problem in 2006, reminded her audience that 38% of women, 28% of men and 5 million children are affected by obesity in Europe. 7% of the national health-care budgets in Europe go to the fight against obesity and its...

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