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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction

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To: SiouxPal who wrote (36528)	6/15/2005 9:27:37 AM
From: Rainy_Day_Woman	Read Replies (4) of 90947

At Last, France Embraces the Vegetable seems like france has it's own battle with obesity: France is in the middle of its own obesity crisis, and with it has come a decidedly French solution. The government has paired up with fruit and vegetable growers, organizing civic events like public vegetable tastings. Posters promoting fruit juice hang in Métro stops. One social marketing campaign seemed particularly familiar: 5 à 10 par jour - that is, eat 5 to 10 servings of fruits and vegetables a day. But it's not just the cigarettes. The French are eating more convenience food and walking less. In a decade, the number of obese children has doubled. Just over 40 percent of French citizens are overweight or obese, compared with about 64 percent in the United States. The French rate has grown by about 6 percent among adults and 17 percent among children each year. Such figures, presented earlier this year to French lawmakers, have prompted proposals that sound strikingly similar to some being floated in the United States: regulating junk food advertising, banning vending machines in schools and requiring more exercise for children. viva la vegetable!

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