12 March 2008

Living Large in The Mountain State

With the nation's highest percentage of overweight children, West Virginia earned a visit this week from Acting U.S. Surgeon General Steven Galson.

"Galson chose the state to launch the new national 'Healthy Youth for a Healthy Future' campaign," and because various state groups "have been trying innovative new strategies to fix the problem, which is what he wants the new national initiative to highlight," reports Tom Breen, health care writer for The Associated Press.

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