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Challenge of Obesity: Confronting Georgia's Epidemic

Brenda Fitzgerald, M.D., commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Health, joined experts including William Dietz, M.D., Ph.D., director of the division of nutrition, physical activity, and obesity for the CDC and Linda Matzigkeit, the chief administrative officer for Children's Healthcare of Atlanta to discuss the challenge of obesity in the U.S. and Georgia and how government, academia and industry are working to address the problem, particularly with respect to childhood obesity.  The event was hosted by Georgia Bio, a non-profit, membership-based organization that promotes the interests and growth of the life sciences industry.  

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