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Jon Husted: “If you're at the bottom quartile of income, you're almost…”

Featuring: Jon Husted, Republican | Lieutenant Governor of Ohio

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Discussion on Dietary Guidelines and National Debt with Jon Husted and Speaker B

Published | Video Starts at 04:24

Am I getting. Is that a time? No, you're good. Thank you for the work on snap, by the way. Because getting unhealthy foods out of that program, If you're at the bottom quartile of income, you're almost twice as likely to [be] obese as you're at the top quartile and diabetic. And. And it's costing people their productivity, their quality of life. It's costing the American taxpayer more money through Medicare, Medicaid and other health services that we provide. (04:24–04:31)

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Asserts that individuals in the bottom income quartile are nearly twice as likely to be obese and diabetic compared to those in the top quartile.

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