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US giant Coca-Cola 'paid €8m to influence French health researchers'

Fri, 10 May 2019 10:29:11 +0200

US beverage giant Coca-Cola paid more than €8 million in France to health professionals and researchers in a bid to influence research,according to an investigation by French newspaper Le Monde published on Thursday.

Why does France see more weight loss surgery than the UK and US?

Thu, 17 May 2018 15:18:56 +0200

France might not be the country in the world with the most acute obesity problem but the number of people undergoing weight loss surgery has boomed in recent years, new figures show.

France to chew over tax on junk food to fight obesity

Fri, 02 Sep 2016 15:45:22 +0200

The cost of rising obesity levels in France has become a strain on the economy and the country’s famously gluttonous tax man is thinking of taking a slice from the sales of junk food.

French firm guilty over deadly weight-loss drug

Thu, 22 Oct 2015 17:26:31 +0200

UPDATED: Eight years after a scandal erupted over a diabetes drug linked to hundreds of deaths, a French court on Thursday found pharmaceutical firm Servier responsible of having left a "defective" drug on the market.

France to ban unlimited refills of soft drinks

Thu, 02 Apr 2015 13:01:28 +0200

France's latest move to tackle rising obesity levels saw MPs on Wednesday vote to ban French restaurants and fast-food chains from offering free unlimited refills for soft drinks or sodas.

Frenchman 'too heavy to fly' will go home by boat

Wed, 13 Nov 2013 10:04:00 +0100

A young Frenchman who weighs 230 kilograms (500 pounds) arrived in New York on Tuesday where he will catch the boat home to Europe with his family after he was deemed too heavy to get on a plane.

Frenchman 'too big to fly on plane' stranded in US

Thu, 07 Nov 2013 19:08:00 +0100

A French family has been left stranded in Chicago after British Airways forbade their son, who had been receiving treatment for a hormone disorder, from flying back to France, saying he was too big to fit on the plane.

Curvy French women sue Lagerfeld over ‘fat’ slurs

Tue, 29 Oct 2013 16:43:00 +0100

A French group representing full-figured women has launched legal action against outspoken fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld over comments he made, in which he blamed France’s welfare deficit on “fat people” adding that “nobody wants to see round women on the catwalk.”

Obesity could be caused by bacteria: French study

Thu, 29 Aug 2013 19:35:00 +0200

Is obesity caused by something other than the common explanations of a bad diet and lack of excercise? According to a new study carried out in France the probelem could be linked to levels of bacteria in the gut.

Fight fat with palm oil tax hike: senator

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 11:54:00 +0100

In a bid to tackle obesity, a French senator has proposed a 300-percent tax hike on products that use palm oil.

Diet guru: give extra marks to slim students

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 07:38:00 +0100

Popular diet expert Pierre Dukan, whose books have sold millions around the world, has written an open letter to the future president of France with advice on how to curb the country's obesity problem.