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Tom Harkin: Some people have different rates of metabolism. People have to exercise and eat less than other people in order not to…

On the recordMarch 19, 2007
Some people have different rates of metabolism. People have to exercise and eat less than other people in order not to become obese.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa
Source
congress.gov
Mar 19, 2007

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Senator Harkin acknowledges individual differences in metabolism and their impact on obesity.

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