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It has always been the role of government to help solve problems, including and especially health crises. Obesity is a health epidemic across our country, and we have a responsibility as a government and a society to do all we can to promote good nutrition and healthy eating so we can reverse this alarming trend.

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Richard Codey
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: November 27
Former Governor Of New Jersey
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