AP

"The obesity epidemic is one of the defining public health challenges of the 21st century," said Dr. Matthew Longjohn, head of the Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children. He believes the problem demands unprecedented collaboration across all sectors of society, and that's what has happened through CLOCC.
The group was praised by the American Medical Association as it begins a two-day obesity summit here Tuesday.

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