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      Saturday 26 May RNW - NEWS AND ANALYSIS FROM THE NETHERLANDS IN 10 LANGUAGES, WORLDWIDE 24/7 ON RADIO, TV AND ONLINE
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      Davion at Central Museum in Utrecht
      Video: In from Holland

      Video: In from Holland

      On this week's show: crime boss Willem Holleeder is freed, Dutch dance music conquers...
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      Bulletin: Most Dutch people are overweight

      Bulletin: Most Dutch people are overweight

      More than half of Dutch people are overweight - 60 percent of men and 44 percent of women. ...
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      Bulletin: Western fast food, waistlines surge in India

      Bulletin: Western fast food, waistlines surge in India

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      Bulletin: More overweight Indians opting for surgery

      Bulletin: More overweight Indians opting for surgery

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      Bulletin: Pacific nations battle obesity epidemic

      Bulletin: Pacific nations battle obesity epidemic

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      Bulletin: S. Korean rights group raps forced slimming drive

      Bulletin: S. Korean rights group raps forced slimming drive

      A South Korean company that penalised tubby workers for failing to lose weight was guilty of...
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      Australia is one of the world's fattest nations, with the most recent National Health Survey classifying 25 percent of people aged 18 or older as obese, and 37 percent as overweight. The total cost of obesity, including health and productivity costs, was estimated to be around Aus$58 billion ($58 billion) a year in 2008, the most recent available figures.
      Bulletin: Teen obesity could shrink Australian lifespans

      Bulletin: Teen obesity could shrink Australian lifespans

      Health experts warned that Australia's life expectancy could be sent into reverse after a new...
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      File photo of coffins on display at a trade fair. New Zealanders' expanding waistlines are creating a weighty problem for funeral directors, who cannot fit cadavers in their crematories and have resorted to selling double burial plots, reports said Friday.
      Bulletin: Obese New Zealanders put the squeeze on cemeteries

      Bulletin: Obese New Zealanders put the squeeze on cemeteries

      New Zealanders' expanding waistlines are creating a weighty problem for funeral directors, who...
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      A mother-of-two from California launched a class-action lawsuit against McDonald's, claiming the toys given out with Happy Meals unfairly lure kids into eating unhealthy food.
      Bulletin: California mom sues McDonald's over Happy Meals

      Bulletin: California mom sues McDonald's over Happy Meals

      A mother-of-two from California launched a class-action lawsuit against McDonald's, claiming the...
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      Falling techniques
      Video: Dutch kids get lessons in falling over

      Video: Dutch kids get lessons in falling over

      Dutch children have to be taught how to fall. Children nowadays are more likely to...
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