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022 _a1522-3213;
050 _aAC1.S5
082 _a050
100 _aWeil, Elizabeth,
245 0 _aHeavy Questions.
_cElizabeth Weil.
260 _bNew York Times Magazine,
_c2005.
440 _aSIRS Enduring Issues 2006.
_nArticle 28,
_pFamily,
_x1522-3213;
500 _aArticles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006.
500 _aOriginally Published: Heavy Questions, Jan. 2, 2005; pp. 34-39.
520 _a"In Starr County, Tex.--which has one of the highest rates of obesity in the nation--nearly half the kids in elementary school are overweight. Is it because they are poor? Is it genetic? Or is something else going on?" (NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE) The author considers the reasons behind the childhood obesity problem in Starr County and discusses the difficulties that families, schools and healthcare workers face in dealing with it.
599 _aRecords created from non-MARC resource.
650 _aHispanic American children
650 _aObesity in children
650 _aOverweight children
650 _aParent and child
650 _aSchool children
_xFood
650 _aTexas
710 _aProQuest Information and Learning Company
_tSIRS Enduring Issues 2006,
_pFamily.
_x1522-3213;
942 _c UKN
999 _c37137
_d37137