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Gillibrand bill aims to ban trans fats in schools
Trans fats would be banned in public schools that receive federal funding under legislation proposed Tuesday by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, part of a multipronged effort to combat childhood obesity.
"Trans fats have no nutritional value and are not needed in any way by the human body," said Gillibrand, the first New York senator to serve on the Agriculture Committee in nearly 40 years.
She...
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