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A UK person and someone from another country who does the same job compare their lives

Two people who do the same job, one from the UK and one from another country, compare and contrast their working lives and the issues that arise in their jobs

The Global Gap: Series 1: Mexico

The Global Gap: Series 1: Mexico: Episode 4: Obesity Doctors

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Episode 4: Obesity Doctors

Series 1: Mexico

Obesity Doctors

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Global Gap, Series 1: Mexico, Obesity Doctors

Doctors from the UK and Mexico compare notes on their experiences.

Laura Chambers, a young GP in the NHS in Rotherham with a special interest in obesity, speaks to Paula de La Garza, a doctor who treats obesity and eating disorders in Mexico City.

Global Gap is a series of five programmes where two people who do the same job, one from the UK and one from another country (in this series, Mexico), have a thought provoking conversation, to compare and contrast their working lives and the issues that arise in their jobs. The theme throughout the week is 'the next generation'; each programme features young people who are the new generation of workers in their countries. We capture the differences in society and attitudes through their conversation and recordings of in their workplace.

Episode 4 (of 5): Doctors
Laura Chambers is a young GP in the NHS in Rotherham, with a special interest in obesity and she speaks to Paula de La Garza, a doctor who runs a private clinic in Mexico City specializing in obesity and eating disorders. Laura discovers from Paula that Mexico has the largest number of children with obesity in the world, some of whom have heart attacks. Paula has even treated obese babies. While Laura has never treated very young children with these worrying symptoms, she is seeing increased obesity in her area and a reliance on junk food. Laura can refer patients to a special NHS clinic, set up alongside her GP practice, where patients are monitored and given tailor-made exercise regimes. 

Producer: Laura Parfitt
A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4.

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A UK person and someone from Mexico who does the same job compare their lives

Two people who do the same job, one from the UK and one from Mexico, compare and contrast their working lives and the issues that arise in their jobs

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