
Getting kids to eat more vegetables sounds like mission impossible. Getting kids to grow their own food and enjoy cooking and eating greens and other vegetables sounds like a dream - but it is happening at 33 middle and high schools in the East Bay. Addressing obesity and unhealthy lifestyles among young people is a priority for government and non-government agencies. One-third of school age children in California are overweight or at risk of being overweight. Hispanic kids are more likely than other groups to be overweight.