{"id":4988,"date":"2013-04-04T10:00:05","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T10:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\">\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7474\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"335\"]<img class=\"wp-image-7474\" src=\"http:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-new\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/01\/McCormick-Joseph.jpg\" alt=\"Joe McCormick, M.D.\" width=\"335\" he"},"modified":"2016-03-30T21:59:15","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T21:59:15","slug":"regional-campus-in-laredo-to-focus-on-obesity-diabetes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/regional-campus-in-laredo-to-focus-on-obesity-diabetes\/","title":{"rendered":"Regional Campus in Laredo to focus on obesity, diabetes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_7474\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7474\" style=\"width: 335px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7474\" src=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/01\/McCormick-Joseph.jpg\" alt=\"Joe McCormick, M.D.\" width=\"335\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/01\/McCormick-Joseph.jpg 350w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/01\/McCormick-Joseph-121x150.jpg 121w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/01\/McCormick-Joseph-242x300.jpg 242w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7474\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Joe McCormick, M.D.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"indextxt\">Nearly half of adults in the Texas border region are obese and 30 percent have diabetes. 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