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Kirsten Gillibrand: “We have growing issues of childhood obesity, of Type II diabetes, cardiovascular disease, even in young children.”

On the recordJuly 27, 2011
We have growing issues of childhood obesity, of Type II diabetes, cardiovascular disease, even in young children.
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Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic · New York

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Gillibrand highlights health issues linked to food deserts in New York City.

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