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| | Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Health / Science / Americans urged to exercise hour daily, alter diet |
 | | Issuing new guidelines for America's diet, federal officials said Americans need to better balance their eating and their exercise. |
 | | Although Wootan endorses the new diet guidelines, he said ''they'll only improve the public's health if there are very vigorous efforts to get this advice to the public," remove junk food from schools, encourage walking and other exercise, and urge food manufacturers to produce healthier products. |
 | | Leaders of the two federal departments, Health and Human Services and Agriculture, that issued the guidelines, said they planned an education campaign focused on a new version of the food pyramid, which summarizes the recommendations in terms of servings of basic food groups. |
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