Featured Profile: Mayor Robert Cluck

For Dr. Robert Cluck, childhood obesity is a deeply personal and professional issue. Before he was mayor of Arlington, Texas, he was an obstetrician-gynecologist for 28 years, and as the Vice President for Medical Affairs at Arlington Memorial Hospital, he continues to manage other doctors. Cluck knows first hand that obesity can have a devastating impact on children as they grow older. "It's frustrating particularly because I am a doctor," he says about his struggle to highlight the dangers of obesity. "I just know what the outcomes are, and they are not good."

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