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Fat chance
February 20, 2005
Reporter: Charles Wooley
Producer: Nick Greenaway
 
It sure is a crazy world of feast and famine. We worry about our weight while countless millions worry where their next meal's coming from. Every year we spend a fortune on slimming, but our kids just keep getting fatter. And it's even worse in America, especially in the south, where just about everything's deep fried. They're in the middle of an obesity epidemic, one that threatens to cripple the entire health care system. So what's the answer? Well, Charles Wooley reports from Arkansas that the Governor has legislated against fat and ordered a state-wide crash diet.



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