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When I taught school, we just had the school cafeteria we didn't have machines or things for children to buy food from. But parents can try to educate their children about choices. A lot of everything we're talking about that has to do with heart disease has to do with the choices that we make.

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Laura Bush
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: November 4
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Laura Lane Welch Bush
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