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Childhood obesity might affect future military recruits

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By Andrew Boven

Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012
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The Arizona Department of Health Services reports that 28 percent of the state's teenagers are overweight or obese. Retired military officials shared their concerns at a press conference in Washington on how the nation's obesity epidemic might limit the number of those eligible to serve. Cronkite News reporter Andrew Boven has the story.

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