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New guidelines urge doctors to screen patients for obesity

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With more than one-third of American adults obese, the United States is facing a growing epidemic that has already cost the country billions of dollars. A group of medical experts hopes to change that by getting doctors on the frontline in the war against obesity.

New study suggests children born via C-section twice as likely to become obese

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