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Chellie Pingree: “I think that most Americans recognize we have an obesity problem in the United States.”

On the recordJune 23, 2011
I think that most Americans recognize we have an obesity problem in the United States.
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Chellie Pingree
Democratic · Maine

Editor's note · Context

Pingree acknowledges the obesity issue and the need for solutions.

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