EU Says Europeans Are Getting Fatter


	EU Says Europeans Are Getting Fatter

wildcat

5-31-2007 9:44 AM

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health, medicine, obesity, fat, sweet, diet, overweight

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5-31-2007 10:32 AM

bignosemousie

I guess the whole world really does want to be just like America.

6-1-2007 6:16 PM

sumobelly

We the bellyful unite and know no borders ...

6-1-2007 6:36 PM

Yangtzedolphin

Party on palefaces ---- not much longer left now...

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<BR /><DIV>Bad diets based on fatty and sweet ingredients combined with physical laziness by now account for six of the seven top factors leading to bad health, Kyprianou said. 
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<BR /><DIV>The EU Commission has warned governments for years to do something about the culture of flab, but the situation is getting worse. "Everybody has to be blamed - including the authorities, including the industry, including the consumers." 
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