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Know Obesity, Stop Obesity

Steven Allender, Professor, Co-Director of WHO Collaborating Center for Obesity Prevention, Deakin University

23-Aug-17 16:00

Know Obesity, Stop Obesity

An obesity epidemic is rippling across the world. In Malaysia, one of three adults and one of six children are obese, raising serious concerns about our future health and economic productivity. We speak to Steven Allender to learn more of his effort to manage obesity with community-based methods. Also, can one be fat and healthy too?


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