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Bruce L. Braley: We know that one of the biggest drivers of health care costs in the country are chronic disease treatments and we know…

On the recordOctober 4, 2011
We know that one of the biggest drivers of health care costs in the country are chronic disease treatments and we know that we pay an enormous amount for chronic disease care that is directly related to obesity and all of its attended physical and mental problems.

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Braley discusses the financial burden of chronic diseases linked to obesity.

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