School helps overweight teens thrive
Obesity among teenagers has been called an epidemic in this country. And there are certainly factors like fast food contributing to the problem.
Watching Dillon Star amble along, it's hard to believe that a few months ago, the San Diego teenager struggled just to finish a walk.
"I was morbidly obese, 330 lbs, I was a big kid. I wasn't satisfied with the way I was run out of breath going up the stairs," said Star.
Now down below 200, he says he's a golden example of what dozens of classmates are accomplishing, at a unique kind of boarding school where learning to lose weight, is the core curriculum. Click here for full article.