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“The simple message is to eat a healthful diet and to engage in more moderate-to-vigorous physical activity. The challenge is how to actually accomplish that in an environment that seems to push us constantly in the wrong direction.”
—Dr. Stephen R. Daniels, pediatrician-in-chief at Children’s Hospital Colorado
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