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Obesity Gets an Early Start

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tells us that obesity is one of our nation's biggest public-health dangers. In fact, an epidemic of obesity has swept the globe and threatens to erode the lengthening life spans we enjoy in our modern day. As the New England Journal of Medicine reported last week, those who carry excess pounds into their 50s and 60s pay for it with a shorter life. But shrinking the middle-age bulge will not be achieved or sustained unless we address the roots of obesity, ones that reach back early into life.

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