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In the fight against obesity, civil society has stepped in to fill the breach, but is it enough? (Photo: Daily Mile)

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Civil society steps in to fight rising obesity

In the fight against obesity, civil society has stepped in to fill the breach, but is it enough? (Photo: Daily Mile)

A recent investigation by EUobserver unearthed the extent to which EU states’ policies to tackle obesity can be inconsistent, vague and poorly-measured.

In the absence of a coherent strategy, it’s often civil society that steps in to try to deliver results in this crisis of global health.

Whether it’s a grassroots community effort to distribute free fruit in a shopping centre, a project to educate schoolchildren on reducing the ...

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