Figures for children aged between two and 15 showed that more than a third of boys and a quarter of girls weighed too much.

BBC: Obesity

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Even those who do well in school, like the three girls in the article, will struggle: only about a quarter of low-income eighth graders with above-average scores get a degree, yet 30 percent of students with lower scores but more money will.

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