That's interesting that you read it like that. I read the article implied that children are getting fatter, poverty rates for children have increased, birth rates for teens have dropped and so forth. I never read that being fat was a direct result of being poor. Maybe you should contact the editor to have them correct the article so it can support your claim. Or have the people that commissioned the study clarify their results. You have made this article an issue of race baiting and unfotunately refuse to be enlightened on what you have done.
Citations from the article:
The report said Mexican-American boys were at the highest risk, with 27 percent overweight followed by black, non-Hispanic girls at 23 percent.
The child obesity issue is a major cause for concern, Alexander said. "This is a trend that's been at work since 1980 ... and as a trend, it shows no sign of reversing," Alexander said.
Child poverty also grew, reaching 11.6 million in 2002, compared with 11.2 million a year earlier.
The report today by the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics >>
Federal, as I said, write your congressman.