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Frank Pallone: Childhood obesity is a tragic public health epidemic in this country, and the statistics are alarming.

On the recordOctober 11, 2011
Childhood obesity is a tragic public health epidemic in this country, and the statistics are alarming.
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Frank Pallone
Democratic · New Jersey

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Pallone highlights the severity of childhood obesity in the U.S.

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