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Apr 2011
46m 6s

Why We Get Fat

Nutritional Weight & Wellness, Inc.
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Tune in this week to hear Darlene Kvist and Kara Carper with Special Guest Gary Taubes discuss his new book, Why We Get Fat, and What To Do About It. 
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