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    Blog of the Day 02/09/2010

    By MinnPost staff | Published Tue, Feb 9 2010 10:07 am

    In making the fight against childhood obesity her signature cause, first lady Michelle Obama "has chosen to tackle a seemingly intractable problem that has thwarted experts for the past two decades," writes Marian Burros at Politico.

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