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Jacob Sanders: We need laws to help curb obesity

Obesity in America is slowly spreading. Not many people have tried to stop it from spreading. Fast-food restaurants, fewer people caring about working out, and people not wanting to do work are all factors. In the past, people didn’t have these problems. The most we can do now is lower the rate of these problems occurring. Try to get laws passed to make unhealthy food cost more.

Jacob Sanders, Salida

This story was originally published June 9, 2015 at 5:32 PM with the headline "Jacob Sanders: We need laws to help curb obesity."

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