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NYC plans calorie-counting rule for chain restaurants
New York - 26 March, 2008
1. Wide shot of Times Square
2. Medium shot of people walking on sidewalk
3. Wide exterior of McDonald's restaurant
4. Exterior of McDonald's restaurant
5. Wide pullout of Red Lobster restaurant
6. Exterior of...
Press Association
Jamie Oliver presents an Eton Mess dessert to Downing Street
Jamie Oliver presents an Eton Mess dessert opposite Number 10 Downing Street to protest the Government’s U-turn on its anti-obesity strategy. The celebrity chef praised supermarket Tesco for pledging to ban two-for-one deals on junk food...
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Robot Duck Comforts Kids With Cancer
A plush, robotic duck may soon become a fixture in the world of children who have cancer. The social robot can be silly, happy, angry, scared or sick just like them, and help them cope creatively with their illness through the power of...
Press Association
Johnson not in favour of 'salt tax' proposals
Boris Johnson has said he is not attracted to idea of imposing extra taxes on food which hit “hard working people”. The National Food Strategy report commissioned by the Government recommended taxing salt and sugar.
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+++EMBARGO+++ Fresh food prices rising faster in some emerging countries
+++PLEASE NOTE THIS STORY IS STRICTLY EMBARGOED UNTIL 2301GMT MAY 10 2015+++WORLD HEALTHY DIET SOURCE: AP TELEVISIONRESTRICTIONS: HORIZONS CLIENTS AND AP LIFESTYLE, HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY CLIENTS ONLY/ STRICT EMBARGOLENGTH:...
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Jamie Oliver presents an Eton Mess dessert at Downing Street
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has presented an Eton Mess dessert to a crowd of around 200 supporters in the pouring rain outside Downing Street. He said it was “symbolic of the mess” ministers have created by postponing England’s National...
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A new law is about to go into effect in New York City requiring chain restaurants to list calorie counts next to all menu items. But restaurant owners are suing, saying it's a misguided effort to combat obesity
HEADLINE: NY restaurant owners suing over anti-obesity law
CAPTION: A new law is about to go into effect in New York City requiring chain restaurants to list calorie counts next to all menu items. But restaurant owners are suing, saying...
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Call for Santas to be given priority for swine flu vaccine
1. Pan of families waiting in line to see Santa Claus at department store, cheering, waving and shouting
2. Family posing for picture with Santa
3. Santas wanting the swine flu vaccine saying: (English) "Ho, ho, ho!" and "Merry...
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New Chile food label law aims to reduce obesity
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4042636A new food labeling law went into effect on Monday in Chile, which has one of the world's largest populations of childhood obesity. The new law calls for special labeling of food and drink that...
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New Chile food label law aims to reduce obesity
A new food labeling law went into effect on Monday in Chile, which has one of the world's largest populations of childhood obesity. The new law calls for special labeling of food and drink that carry additional caloric additives, such as...
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Johannesburg's grannies enter the ring for boxfit
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Whether it's welter weight, or heavy weight, boxing is a high intensity sport not usually associated with pensioners, until now.
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Johannesburg's grannies enter the ring for boxfit
LEAD IN:
Whether it's welter weight, or heavy weight, boxing is a high intensity sport not usually associated with pensioners, until now.
A group of Johannesburg grandmothers are showing age is no obstacle to...
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More and more city dwellers turning to organic food
New Delhi, July 14, 2005
1. Pan from notice board to customer eating at a table
2. Man eating
3. Various of Navdanya products on the shelves
4. Man buying organic flour
5. SOUNDBITE (English): Maya, Director of Navdanya
"All the...
Bloomberg
Why Tivity Health Decided to Buy Nutrisystem
Dec.10 -- Donato Tramuto, Tivity Health Inc. chief executive officer, discusses the company's acquisition of Nutrisystem Inc. with Bloomberg's Vonnie Quinn and Ed Hammond on "Bloomberg Markets: European Close."
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European health ministers approve anti-obesity charter
1. Various shots of overweight people
2. Close-up of a man eating sandwich
3. Various shots of the World Health Organisation (WHO) European Ministerial Conference on Counteracting Obesity
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Mazo Danzo, World...
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Child obesity on the rise in Thailand
AP Television
Little Gym, Bangkok, Thailand - 20 February 2010
1. Pan across children standing and doing fitness routine.
2. Wide of children doing handsprings and rolling over pad.
3. Medium of children doing handsprings and rolling...
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EU campaign to promote healthy eating for children
1. Pan from fast food menu to fast food restaurant
2. Mother and daughter eating at fast food restaurant
3. Father and son eating ice-cream
4. SOUNDBITE: (French) Lamia (no last name given), child, vox pop:
(Q: "Do you like fresh...
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Kaiser Permanente Colorado is offering adults in Colorado up to $150 every three months to lose weight and keep it off as a way to combat obesity through its Weigh and Win program. Such programs have been used by companies for years to help cut health care costs among their employees, but Kaiser's effort that extends the offer to any adult is one of the first of its kind in the nation.
HEADLINE: Insurance company offers Coloradans cash for losing weight
CAPTION: Kaiser Permanente Colorado is offering adults in Colorado up to $150 every three months to lose weight and keep it off as a way to combat obesity through its...
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OLYMPIC EXHIBITION SHOES HOW EXERCISE CHANGES OUR BODIES ++REPLAY++
By the time they finish these boys will know more than just how high they can jump.
They're also getting their muscles, lung capacity, blood vessels and lung capacity measured.
The plan is to ensure that by the time they walk out of the...
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Emirati weight loss programme rewards participants in gold
With more than two thirds of Emiratis now thought to be heavier than average - and with one of the highest rates of diabetes in the world - the UAE has a weighty problem.
For the second year running, the Government has launched a...
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Doctors consider options for patients on World Diabetes Day ++ EMBARGOED UNTIL 00.01 GMT FRIDAY 14 NOVEMBER++
A staggering 347 million people worldwide have diabetes and the World Health Organisation's most recent figures show it killed one and a half million diabetics in 2012.
The number of people with the disease is increasing rapidly and...
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Why Does U.S. Life Expectancy Rank Poorly?
Life expectancy is a key metric used to determine the heath of a country. The World Bank says it's improving around the world.
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Govt introduces health reforms to decrease child obesity
19 October 2011
1. Pan right of children in school uniforms walking on street
2. Mid of students in queue entering school
3. Mid of students, parents outside school
4. Wide of Dr Marisol Villegas in her office
5. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Dr...