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Obesity: should we tax soft drinks?
Will a tax on soft drinks solve the obesity crisis? Probably not on its own, but it might be a good place to start.
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Call for fizzy drinks tax to slim down ‘fat man of Europe’
Britain is too fat and it is getting fatter – and now is the time to act, warns an influential medical group. But will their suggested measures to tackle the “obesity crisis” work?
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Should we give obese children gastric surgery?
The head of the country’s obesity forum is calling for every obese child to be offered stomach surgery, as Science Reporter Asha Tanna reports.
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Iceland boss wades into horsemeat row
As the boss of Iceland blames the local authorities for driving down the cost of food in schools and hospitals, Channel 4 News hears from both sides of the debate.
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Horsemeat – the FactCheck update
We FactChecked the Food Standards Agency’s response to the horsemeat scandal last week and found it wanting. Has the agency kept its promise to make the food industry get its house in order?
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29 positive results for horsemeat DNA in beef products
As the Food Standards Agency reveals that tests on beef products have found that 29 contained horse DNA, horsemeat is discovered in cottage pies in schools.
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One Billion Rising global action to reclaim Valentine’s day
Valentine’s day is about romance and roses for many. But this year also sees global flash mobs and protests to raise awareness of violence against women. Gloria Steinem speaks to Channel 4 News.
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For the many, not the few: Obama’s bold liberal vision
Assertive, confident and in no mood for compromise. After years of frustration at a bitterly divided Congress, Obama laid out his priorities for the next four years: a wish list, or a realistic plan?
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Horsemeat: PM vows ‘full intervention of the law’
David Cameron vows that the full weight of the law will be used against those who have passed off horsemeat as beef in the UK as the scandal spreads across Europe.
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Welcome to Chicago, where someone is shot every four hours
As Barack Obama makes his case on gun controls, his home city is mired in an epidemic of violence. Last year more Americans were shot dead in Chicago than in Afghanistan.
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In Texas with the gun-lovers
It’s hard for gun-phobic Brits to get their heads around America’s love affair with guns – so I went to Texas to hear some locals explain it in their own words.
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Pope Benedict and sex abuse: suffer the children?
The evolution of Pope Benedict XVI’s responses to allegations of child abuse by members of the Catholic clergy reflects a growing public awareness of the issue. But has he gone far enough?
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Gove abandons plans to scrap GCSEs
After mounting political pressure, Education Secretary Michael Gove tells parliament plans to replace GCSEs with a new English Baccalaureate Certificate will be shelved and existing exams improved.
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Bionic man makes us ask what it means to be human
The bionic man featured in a Channel 4 documentary this week may not be a realistic copy of a human – but robots prompt questions about what we want from our most sophisticated machines.
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Cameron busted on debt claims
David Cameron’s claim that the government is “paying down Britain’s debts” provokes anger among some economists and an official complaint from Labour. Does it pass the FactCheck test?
