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Direct linkHofferth, Sandra L.; Curtin, Sally – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2005
Sixteen percent of children 6-11 years of age were classified as overweight in 1999-2002, four times the percentage in 1965. Although poverty has traditionally been associated with underweight as a result of poor diet, researchers have recently pointed to a paradox in the U.S., which is that low income and obesity can coexist in the same…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Lunch Programs, Poverty, Obesity
