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OBESITY: THE FACTS
Many of us are eating too much junk food, not getting enough exercise, and are getting fat. Obesity contributes to premature death, serious diseases and increasing health costs. The solution is to change features of the environment that lead us to eat too much of the wrong foods and reduce our physical activity opportunities.
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