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Obesity: not just a rich-world problem

Geoff Riley

25th January 2018

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A new short video from the Economist - providing excellent context and a prompt for classroom discussion.

Obesity: not just a rich-world problem
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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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