Transcript: Nation's Obesity Problem Puts Strain On Health Care Costs

MICHEL MARTIN
NPR Tell Me More
07-29-2009
Nation's Obesity Problem Puts Strain On Health Care Costs

Host: MICHEL MARTIN
Time 09:00-10:00 AM


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MICHEL MARTIN, host:

I'm Michel Martin, and this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News.

Coming up, another story about how America is changing and how those changes are playing out in different ways. We'll hear about why Sudanese immigrants in Portland, Maine believe that the police are not doing enough to solve a wave of crimes against members of the community. And we'll hear what the new top cop in town is doing to mend the divide. That's a little later.

But first, another angle on the health care debate. President Obama took to the road yesterday ...

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