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Legislators consider physical fitness testing mandate, junk food ban in schools

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A plan to get students to eat better and be more active could become widespread in Wisconsin schools. A proposed law would mandate physical fitness testing and ban the sale of soda and candy during school hours. Shamane Mills reports…

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