Its now official, the French women are the slimmest, in-fact in they have the highest number of clinically underweight woman in Western Europe. But only half of them can see this, what do they do so different from the rest of us. A resent survey conducted found that French women set themselves very high standards when it comes to the weight loss battle of the bulge. They exaggerate their weight, and look at themselves as fat, (thought that was the eating disorder ‘bulimia’) but who am I , they constantly stress about their weight but its not just the women in-fact the report also says that the French male is amongst the thinnest in Western Europe also.

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Plucky teenager, Georgia Davies, 16, from Aberdare in Wales, was so sick of her obese frame she enrolled in a weight loss boarding school in the States. Georgia, had weighed 33st (209kg) before her 7 months US weight loss programme. Now, she has lost an amazing 12 stones and is full of confidence again.

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Around 700,000 NHS staff members, including mostly, Midwives, health visitors and nurses have been told to lose weight and shed the excess pounds. Ministers are extremely unhappy that NHS staff that are involved in running weight loss programmes are themselves obese.

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The Office of Fair Trading are fighting fire with fire. In a new campaign to help promote public vigilance against internet scammers - who set-up fake weight loss sites and products - The Office of Fair Trading have themselves created fake weight loss product sites which when the unaware user signs up to make payment or receive more information they are greeted by the ‘Truth’ : that they were just about to sign-up for a fake ad.

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It seems the latest Government initiative to help motivate people to lose weight may not be such a bad idea according to some experts. Authorities feel that setting up local ‘Dance Working Groups’ is the perfect answer to the increasing obesity rates hitting the UK. According to Health Secretary Alan Johnson, more people should follow John Sergeant’s lead, who was part of the BBC’s recent Stricly Come Dancing series. John Sergeant quit the show after being made favorite to win it, his dancing was so bad that he actually adhered himself more to the British public. However, Sargeant, claims he lost over 2 stone while competiting in the competition.

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