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Barbara Mantel Preventing Obesity Summary

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My first source is titled, “Preventing Obesity” from CQ Researcher and it was written by Barbara Mantel. The reason why I decided to use this report as one of my source is because of the author, Barbara Mantel. Her name caught my eyes so many times on so many of CQ Researcher report. Barbara Mantel has been writing for CQ Researcher for over 20 years most of her report covers health and access to justice, she is a health writer at NBCNews and Today, she has won many awards and fellowships, and is a member of Society of Professional Journalists and Association of Health Care Journalists.
Her report was very different then most report that you will find about obesity because it was not just talking about sad stories. It had sad stories, it
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