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Alicia A.S. Duque knew she had some pounds to lose, but she had no idea how much being overweight affected her until the television cameras started rolling.

Children's body weight, self-esteem and academic performance would seem to be inextricably linked, but it has always been something of a chicken-and-egg proposition: Which came first? Can being overweight drag down a child's self-esteem badly enough to affect grades? Or...