Spotted™

CHANDRIA JONES
of Gaithersburg, 249.8 lbs.
An expert on adolescent obesity, Jones, 30, struggles with
weight herself. This spring she’ll present a paper on the topic at a conference in Portugal. “I have a desire to help these youth,” she says, “but I think, ‘How can I help anyone else when I can’t even help myself?’”

(Chandria has been selected as one of five contestants in The Gazettes Healthy Challenge 2007 Upcounty Team. Created by The Gazette advertising department, The Healthy Challenge is a three-month, team-oriented competition to get fit and win prizes. It does not involve our news department.)