Weil, Elizabeth,
Heavy Questions. Elizabeth Weil. - New York Times Magazine, 2005. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Article 28, Family, 1522-3213; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Originally Published: Heavy Questions, Jan. 2, 2005; pp. 34-39.
"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.
1522-3213;
Hispanic American children
Obesity in children
Overweight children
Parent and child
School children--Food
Texas
AC1.S5
050
Heavy Questions. Elizabeth Weil. - New York Times Magazine, 2005. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Article 28, Family, 1522-3213; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Originally Published: Heavy Questions, Jan. 2, 2005; pp. 34-39.
"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.
1522-3213;
Hispanic American children
Obesity in children
Overweight children
Parent and child
School children--Food
Texas
AC1.S5
050