Students In Los Angeles Create Social Network Site To Educate Peers On Obesity

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Robert Lopez writes in the Los Angeles Times (9/17) LA Now blog, "Teachers and students from South Los Angeles and Baldwin Park this morning will announce the launch of a social network website to educate youths about junk food and obesity." A group of "40 students from high schools in the two areas" created the WereFedUp website "to share information about the perils of fast food and teen obesity." It "features photos of the students involved in the social network, as well as videos and blog posts about nutrition, junk food and exercise."