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Fat kids cost schools
Monday, September 27, 2004
A Richmond Times-Dispatch article details some of the problems being caused in public schools because of the burgeoning obesity epidemic among both students and school staff:
Expanding waistlines are squeezing the bottom line in schools, as poor eating and exercise subtly strip money from education, a new study suggests.

"It's too risky not to call attention to this," said David Satcher, former U.S. surgeon general and founding chairman of Action for Healthy Kids, a coalition of more than 40 health and education agencies behind the study. . . .

Unhealthy lifestyles by students and faculty lead to other hidden costs, from lower worker productivity to the added
expenses of helping students who fall behind, says the study.
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