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World Service,3 mins

Do Thailand's Buddhist monks need to go on a diet?

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Dr Jongjit Angkatavanich, a health and nutrition expert at Bangkok's Chulalongkorn University, explains to Claudia Hammond why 48% of Thailand's monks are overweight. (Image: A buddhist monk receives alms. Credit: Getty Images.)

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