After reading, and re-reading Jonathan B. Wallach's and Mariano J. Rey's article, "A social economic Analysis of Obesity and Diabetes in New York City," I am convinced that "diabesity" (or the path of obesity to diabetes) is an issue that I, as a teacher of many Asian, black, and Hispanic youths can and should be dealing with as part of the question of "food security" in my local community. This is a problem of poverty and a poor food distribution system -- of poor education -- of poverty itself in NYC