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What's the real reason behind our widening waistlines?

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Are the reasons behind this growth lifestyle-related, environmental, genetic or a combination of the three?

Visit SBS on demand to watch a 3 part series on Obesity Myth which follows the work of Melbourne’s Austin Health, which treats obesity as a disease largely driven by genetics.


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