WASHINGTON—Gyms and fitness studios have turned to an unlikely leader as they ask Congress for financial help: a candy lobbyist.

After a decade as a public policy executive for the National Confectioners Association, Liz Clark recently signed on as president and chief executive officer of the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association, the fitness industry’s biggest trade group.

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