Fat and not so happy

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It seems increasingly likely that childhood obesity will be the thin edge of the wedge for stricter regulation of food-industry advertising. Americans who might otherwise be wary of big government are even more worried about the rising numbers of too-big kids. In a new Harris Poll, 55 percent of respondents agreed with the statement, "The government should play a more active role in regulating the types of marketing and advertising that the food industry directs toward children."

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