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Topic: Childhood obesity

An Oprah Special: Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution (Disney/Eric McCandless)

How should we discuss childhood obesity?

Joy Saha
Michelle Obama gives a speech on her "Let Girls Learn" initiative to a group of girls and young women in Madrid, Spain, June 30, 2016. (AP/Francisco Seco)

Dismantling Michelle's legacy

Sophia Tesfaye
In this March 14, 2014 picture, students take part in an early morning running program at an elementary school in Chula Vista, Calif. Amid alarming national statistics showing an epidemic in childhood obesity, hundreds of thousands of students across the country are being weighed and measured. The Chula Vista Elementary School District is being touted as a model for its methods that have resulted in motivating the community to take action. (AP/Gregory Bull)

Joanna Rothkopf
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Mary Elizabeth Williams
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CDC: Toddler food is too salty

Joanna Rothkopf

Joanna Rothkopf
Santiago Mendoza (Reuters/John Vizcaino)

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Prachi Gupta
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Katie McDonough
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Goodbye, childhood obesity?

Natasha Lennard
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