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Topic: Childhood Obesity

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Tennessee's kids are too fat. It sounds harsh, but the reality is that Tennessee's childhood obesity rate teeters close to 21 percent, the sixth highest in the country. And for children 10-17, the number increases to nearly 37 percent. Everyone in the state is affected as the cost of treating this preventable epidemic skyrockets.

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