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Obesity in America

America's epidemic of obesity is now the subject of a massive public health campaign. We hear about cause and effect and proposed solutions.

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By Warren Olney • May 11, 2012 • 51m Listen

America's epidemic of obesity is now the subject of a massive public health campaign. We hear about cause and effect and proposed solutions involving The Weight of the Nation. Also, Also, JP Morgan loses $2 billion. Could Dodd-Frank reform have prevented it? On Reporter's Notebook, Joe Arpaio, the elected Sheriff in Phoenix, Arizona, faces court action for what the Obama Justice Department calls "a culture of bias."

Banner image: A child sits in a nutrition class during the Shapedown program for overweight adolescents and children in Aurora, Colorado. Photo by John Moore/Getty Images

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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