{"id":470,"date":"2006-07-02T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-02T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/chatteringmind\/2006\/07\/will-a-heavier-teddy-make-a-ki.html"},"modified":"2006-07-02T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-07-02T12:00:00","slug":"will-a-heavier-teddy-make-a-ki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2006\/07\/will-a-heavier-teddy-make-a-ki.html","title":{"rendered":"Will a Heavier Teddy Make a Kid Less Obese?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/tout\/story\/teddybearheavy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 200px\" src=\"https:\/\/media.beliefnet.com\/imgs\/tout\/story\/teddybearheavy.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>It&#8217;s good that former president Clinton has been leading a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=5381994\" target=\"_new\">campaign against soft drink machines<\/a> in schools. Here&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2006\/HEALTH\/06\/29\/heavy.teddy.ap\/index.html\" target=\"_new\">another approach <\/a>to tackling our nation&#8217;s youth obesity problem, one that I suspect will be considerably less successful.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;padding-bottom:0.25em\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s good that former president Clinton has been leading a campaign against soft drink machines in schools. 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