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Economics of Obesity: Eating Less but Putting on Weight

Geoff Riley

6th November 2015

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Why has obesity risen despite us eating less? Rachel Griffith & Pierre Dubois talk about her work, which showed how the amount of exercise we get from modern life has played a massive role

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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