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Veterans battle obesity in MOVE program at VA hospital
Vietnam veteran Abdul Baseer-El survived Da Nang attack and now decades later fights obesity with a 10 week MOVE program at a VA hospital. He weighs 282 pounds and has lost 100, showing vets how to burn calories during daily tasks. VA notes over 70 percent of its 7.5 million patients are overweight and 20 percent have diabetes.
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