Study: NYC Obesity, Diabetes Rate Rising

Courtesy Headlines from the Associated Press  Mon, 04/07/2008 - 16:18

NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City's obesity and diabetes rates are rising faster than in the rest of the country, a city health department study said....


 

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