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PanoramaFood, glorious food - Czech eating habits after 1989
After the fall of Communism, a previously unimaginable range of food and
drink began to appear on shelves in the Czech Republic. People had the
opportunity to eat well and to eat healthily. But recently - as Western
trends catch on and fast food culture grows - experts say there has been a
noticeable worsening of the average Czech diet. In this week's Panorama,
Chris Jarrett takes a look at how the Czech diet has changed since 1989.
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Current AffairsBoubelka Club organises event to help people lose weight
At the weekend the Czech Republic saw its first ever Den boubelek - or
Chubbies' Day - dedicated to helping people lose weight. Organised by the
so-called Boubelka Club and health professionals, the day was meant to
raise awareness and try to encourage people with weight problems to make a
new start. Temporary walk-in sites were opened at 12 different areas
throughout the country.
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"Shipwrecked" Czech foreign minister rolls up his trouser legs
and wades to a fishing boat! A town invites professional sniffers to
analyze its air. And Czech palaeontologists are excited over a rare find -
a fossilized fish that's 90 million years old. Find out more in Magazine
with Daniela Lazarova.
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Letter from PragueWhy Czechs are getting rounder
Those of you who listened to Friday's broadcast are aware of the European
Obesity Congress, which came to an end in Prague on Saturday. Two and a
half thousand experts in the field came together to ask why the world is
getting rounder and what can be done to stop this development. Statistics
show that the Czech Republic, alongside few other European countries like
Greece and Britain, has one of the highest obesity rates in the world. The
question that comes to my mind is why and why now? What did Czechs do
fifty years ago that they're not doing today?
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Current Affairs13th European Obesity Congress underway in Prague
On Wednesday, some 2,500 scientists, doctors, and health specialists from
all over the world met in Prague for the 13th European Obesity Congress.
For four days, they will try to find ways of solving the global problem of
obesity and demand greater action throughout the enlarged Europe.
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Sigmund Freud has been called upon to make a certain Moravian town lots of
money - after all it is his birthplace! Not happy with Viagra ? Head for
Velke Karlovice in eastern Moravia, which boasts a forest spring as potent
as the little blue pill. And, why have some Czechs switched to using
hippo-metres? Find out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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Talking PointCzechs fight the flab as obesity rates soar
Czech doctors have declared war on obesity. With six percent of children
and almost a quarter of the adult population obese, the Czech Republic
follows countries such as the USA, Greece, Ireland and Portugal as the
nation with the highest percentage of obese people. WHO, the World Health
Organisation, considers obesity one of the ten main health threats for the
21st century.
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Current AffairsDoctors warn of high obesity rate
The Czech Republic has always enjoyed a good reputation thanks to its
beautiful women and its delicious brew. But if Czechs continue to live the
comfortable life-style they adopted after the fall of the totalitarian
regime, they may soon make headlines for a different reason - representing
the fattest nation in Europe. Czech doctors have been recording a growing
number of overweight and obese patients, not only among adults but with
children too. Some five percent of Czech minors are obese. Due to this
alarming growth, the Czech weight watcher organisation STOB began
promoting special exercise and food-management courses to children and
their parents this week. Dr. Marie Kunesova is from the Czech Obesity
Management Centre:
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