How do you draw readers in when the subject already had been overcovered? Tell the story in a fresh way. We get inside the heads of children struggling with obesity and walk with parents as they’re judged by friends and strangers. A companion piece explores the government’s flawed efforts to combat America’s expanding waistlines.
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