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The International Food Information Council Foundation offers resources to President's Task Force on Childhood Obesity.  Letters have been sent offering support and resources to five members of President Obama’s new Task Force on Childhood Obesity. 

Letter to Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy Melody Barnes
Letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack
Letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius
Letter to Education Secretary Arne Duncan
Letter to the Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff for the First Lady Susan Sher

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