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A child eats at a Sydney fast food outlet,Sept. 4, 2006. A group of leading international obesity experts meeting in Sydney called for a global ban on advertising junk food to children as part of a worldwide fight against fat. (Photo by GREG WOOD/AFP/Getty Images)
Global Obesity
Broadcast: Midmorning, 09/28/2006, 10:06 a.m.
Although widely viewed as an American problem, obesity is now becoming a global issue, with some health officials warning of an obesity pandemic.
Guests
Dr. Derek Yach: Director of Global Health at the Rockefeller Foundation. He's a former official of the World Health Organization.
Simone French: Professor in the division of epidemiology and community health at the University of Minnesota.
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