In its second year at the local schools, Project Coordinator Lisa Peeples-Hurst says it will use positive peer pressure to encourage students to make healthy choices. The project is funded by the W. Benton Harbor Area School’s two middle schools, Fair Plain Renaissance Middle School and Hull Middle School were chose to participate in the three-year project. Copyright 2008 Mid-West Family Broadcasting and WSJM-AM St. Read Childhood Obesity

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