Reading on the Subway

"Researchers believe they can benefit from tales about the caped crusader, Superman and even Dennis the Menace in the same way they can from reading other types of literature, despite teachers and parents often being snooty about comics, experts say."

"Heavier Americans are pushing back now with newfound vigor in the policy debate, lobbying legislators and trying to move public opinion to recognize their point of view: that thin does not necessarily equal fit, and that people can be healthy at any size."

Zachary Stein's advice to other schools is to give the students things to do that would have a concrete payoff in the real world. Teens need relevance because their brains are geared to understanding systems.