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Sunday, April 1, 2007

Cover Story With nearly four of five black women in the United States overweight or obese and the rate among black men also high and growing, a group of African American leaders and celebrities has set out to spread the message that the complications of obesity are not inevitable. So they plan to take to the Mall with a blunt message: The extra weight has got to go.



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