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"We need to move away from the idea that having obesity is a person's fault, and we really need governments and decision-makers to step up."

Primary school children facing away from camera wearing uniforms and carrying backpacks.

"Girls in Australia were actually some of the fastest in the world to make the transition to [obesity predominance],"
she said.

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