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Karen Miller-Kovach, Chief Scientist at Weight Watchers International
Stephen Sackur asks Karen Miller-Kovach, chief scientist at Weight Watchers International, if there is something fundamentally unhealthy about our obsession with weight-loss.
More than a billion people around the world are overweight, and there's talk of a global obesity epidemic. For public health officials, it's cause for grave concern; for the multi-billion dollar diet industry, it's a source of fat profits. HARDtalk's Stephen Sackur asks Karen Miller-Kovach, chief scientist at Weight Watchers International, if there is something fundamentally unhealthy about our growing obsession with diets and weight-loss?
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Wed 26 Jan 2011
23:30GMT
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Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Stephen Sackur |
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- Wed 26 Jan 2011 04:30GMT
- Wed 26 Jan 2011 23:30GMT