Minnesota Public Radio slideshow:
The obesity epidemic
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Karen Thompson of Bemidji in 1995, when she weighed nearly 400 pounds. Since then she's had two gastric bypass surgeries and lost about 225 pounds.   (Photo courtesy of Karen Thompson)

Karen Thompson of Bemidji in 1995, when she weighed nearly 400 pounds. Since then she's had two gastric bypass surgeries and lost about 225 pounds.

(Photo courtesy of Karen Thompson)
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