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Secretary Sebelius Addresses CDC Weight of the Nation Conference

Published in Cancer Weekly, August 11th, 2009

This morning, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will address the Weight of the Nation Conference. The conference is the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) inaugural conference on obesity prevention and control. Sebelius' remarks as prepared for delivery are included below.

Thank you for that introduction.

I want to thank everyone who made today possible, especially Dr. Frieden who was such a trailblazer as New York City Public Health Commissioner and who has done such a great job in his first few months as the head of CDC.

I'd also like to recognize Dr. Howard Koh, our new Assistant Secretary for Health, who will be...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-08-11)

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