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Most of us will not be as fortunate as Madame Jeanne Calment. The Frenchwoman died at the age of 122 on August 4, 1997. Somewhat of a local celebrity in her hometown of Arles, Calment took up fencing at age 85 and was still bicycling into her second century, attributing her longevity to a diet of port wine and olive oil.

The World Health Organisation has called obesity one of today's 'most blatantly visible yet most neglected'  public health problems, which, left unchecked, will cause serious health disorders for millions around the globe. But is the way we talk about obesity helping or exacerbating the problem? Cathy Pryor reports.

Article from the New York Times about why people find it so difficult to break the grip of Junk Food. It looks at the addictive nature of junk food.