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We don't walk. We overeat because we've made it easy to overeat. We have fast-food joints on every corner. By the way, the 'we' is all of us. It's not the government. It's all of us doing this together.

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Mehmet Oz
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: June 11
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Mehmet Cengiz Öz
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