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Hearing spotlights chronic disease prevention, obesity and military readiness
Summary
An unidentified committee member, speaking at a Ways and Means: House Committee hearing, urged Congress to invest in technologies and programs aimed at preventing and treating chronic diseases, citing rising cancer diagnoses, high obesity rates and effects on military readiness.
An unidentified committee member, speaking at a Ways and Means: House Committee hearing, urged Congress to invest in technologies and programs aimed at preventing and treating chronic diseases, citing rising cancer diagnoses, high obesity rates and effects on military readiness.
The committee member said the American Cancer Society projects U.S. new cancer cases will top 2,000,000 in the coming year…
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