When the surgeon general issued a “call to action” on childhood obesity in 2001, about 13 percent of children were obese, a more than two-fold increase from the previous 20 years.
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现任卫生局局长安东尼娅·诺维罗将继续工作到六月。
The current surgeon general, Antonia Novello, will continue in the job until June.
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最高法院法官 Sandra Day O' Connor 已经70多岁,前卫生局局长 C. Everett Koop 在80多岁时还担任一个新成立的互联网公司的主席。
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O' Connor is in her 70s and former surgeon general C. Everett Koop chairs an Internet start-up in his 80s.