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Download full textAnderson, Patricia M.; Butcher, Kristin F. – Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 2004
The proportion of adolescents in the United States who are obese has nearly tripled over the last two decades. At the same time, schools, often citing financial pressures, have given students greater access to "junk" foods and soda pop, using proceeds from these sales to fund school programs. We examine whether schools under financial pressure are…
Descriptors: Obesity, Body Composition, Adolescents, Counties
