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Bagsgroove
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March 11, 2015
Ag chief: youth obesity issue of national security
I kinda like Tom, but seriously, can't we just say we want healthy kids because...we want healthy kids?
Healthy kids grow up to be better killers?
Why is it important to provide healthy diets for kids in schools? Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has an answer--
"If we don't address this issue, we're going to have a shrinking number of young people who are qualified for military service, and when you have an all-volunteer military, you have to have a large pool to draw from," he said in an interview following his speech. "It's a national security issue, as well as an economic and health care issue."
Ag chief: youth obesity issue of national security
I kinda like Tom, but seriously, can't we just say we want healthy kids because...we want healthy kids?
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