05/04/2010
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"The cost of overweight and obesity is another reason to address this crisis: we spend almost 10 percent of our health care dollars treating people who are overweight or obese."
"What can the Obama administration or--and/or, I should say--the Congress do to move that forward or to--in particular, to put some--what I would argue would be appropriate pressure on the Palestinians..."
"The prognosis for these children is grim: 80 percent of overweight 10- to 15-year-olds are obese by the time they turn 25."
"I think anything that Congress could do to encourage Prime Minister Fayyad to work with Israel--not unilaterally, but together--I think that's crucial."