Fighting obesity in Texas.

• Author: Lucio, Eddie Jr.
• Position: Letters - Letter to the Editor

Editor:

I read with great interest the article "Exercising Choices," by Jane Carroll Andrade in your July/August issue. I applaud the extensive level of research and writing on the topic of healthy lifestyles and junk food in schools.

It was equally interesting to track what other states are undertaking to tackle obesity among children in the sidebar "There Oughta Be a Law." Thank you for including Texas. As chairman of the Joint Interim Committee on Nutrition and Health in Public Schools...