"Obesity rates are twice as high among children whose parents lack a high school diploma, and such children are frequently off the medical grid."

Why can't America get its obesity crisis under control?


"Yet responding with treatment alone fails badly on equity grounds. The groups in the United States most likely to become obese are racial minorities, those without any education beyond high school and members of single-parent households; these are also the Americans least able to access quality medical care. Obesity rates are twice as high among children whose parents lack a high school diploma, and such children are frequently off the medical grid."