Fighting obesity, but fronting for junk food

Wanting to avoid the appearance of a government agency seeming to endorse a Hollywood movie, the US Department of Health and Human Services has temporarily halted its public service ad campaign in which the animated movie character Shrek urges children to exercise. "Shrek the Third," released by DreamWorks, opened Friday. (Full article: 606 words)

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