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U.S. Rep. French Hill gave his latest Golden Fleece Award to the National Institutes of Health, challenging its decision to spend money studying drunken college students' eating habits.

In a letter to the agency's director, Dr. Francis S. Collins, Hill questioned the decision to spend $50,000 on the study.

"Other studies have also raised concerns, such as the $1.5 million in funding to study the so-called 'freshman 15' weight gain of college freshmen. While the health and well-being of our nation's college students is of paramount concern, there are many more pressing issues affecting our nation's health than drunken college kids eating junk food," Hill wrote.

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