Anti-Obesity Legislation On the Table in Congress

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WASHINGTON - As Americans wrestle to take off those stubborn pounds, anti-obesity legislation in the halls of the U.S. Capitol is piling up like layers of trans fat.

Just this month, lawmakers have introduced seven measures aimed at shrinking Americans' waistlines. Dozens more are expected in the coming weeks on everything from requiring Medicaid to pay for obesity treatments to regulating junk-food advertising targeting kids.

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Anti-Obesity Legislation On the Table in Congress

Medical experts praise Congress for highlighting a critical health issue. But they also warn that lawmakers' quest to legislate fitness has helped only the poor clerks who must haul the reams of paper on which th...

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