9. Food
For Thought Topics for
discussion: Eating Disorders, Dierting, Nutrition, Perfectionists, Friendships, Family
Problems, Food as a social construct

Melanie notices that Kathleen is
obsessive about winning the science fair and tries to help her
when she sees signs of anorexia. The twins do their project on
eating disorders and begin to worry about Lucy’s eating habits.
Alexa misunderstands Simon and thinks he considers her fat.
Scooter and Bart’s science fair rats become fat ,and the kids
think they’ve discovered something about junk food.