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Stop apologising for obesity
If people plead ignorance that stuffing more food into their mouths and doing less exercise leads to weight gain, then what hope?
Garry Linnell is a Fairfax Media columnist and the co-presenter of the 2UE Breakfast Show.
If people plead ignorance that stuffing more food into their mouths and doing less exercise leads to weight gain, then what hope?
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