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Should we tax to fight the flab? Is faith compatible with reason?

From Michaelston Community College in Cardiff, Nicky Campbell asks: Should we tax to fight the flab? Is faith compatible with reason? Is the NHS cutting lives short?

The Big Questions comes live from Michaelston Community College in Cardiff. Nicky Campbell asks:

Should we tax to fight the flab?
Is faith compatible with reason?
Is the NHS cutting lives short?

Amongst those taking part are body image campaigner Fatima Parker; Dr Nadim Haboubi from the National Obesity Forum of Wales; Julia Manning from 2020health.org; Zoe Harcombe, author of The Obesity Epidemic; food writer Oliver Thring; Will Storr, author of Heretic, Adventures with the Enemies of Science; Robert Griffiths, author of Slaying the Dragon; Christina Biggs from Christians in Science; the past-life regression therapist Andrea Foulkes; Baroness Finlay, a palliative care specialist; Dr Richard Hain, consultant in paediatric palliative medicine; gastroenterologist Dr Philip Howard; oncologist Dr Mark Glaser; Jackie Leotardi.

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