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This lesson plan is a downloadable PDF file, so you'll need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to open and print it.  Download Acrobat Reader     Date: 06/03/2008 Title: Young Lives at Risk Discipline: Health, Physical Education   In May 2008, The Washington Post published a five-day series on childhood obesity, Young Lives at Risk: Our Overweight Children. Students, parents, the school and greater community need to address the issue of childhood obesity to create healthy citizens now and in the future. This 37-page online guide provides reprints of many of the Post articles, graphics and photographs. Activities, a close reading guide, insight into the creation of the poster/graphic, and resources are provided for use in health, mathematics, art, government, English and mathematics classes.   The main lesson addresses these academic content standards.     NIE: for educators: lesson plans: lesson plan details