HGFM: Yes, that is unfortunate. However, I would bet you a very large sum of money that the number of children who know they are overweight and are working actively to fix it is
significantly smaller than the number of children, often from low-income families, whose parents feed them crappy food, use the television as a caregiver, and never teach them proper eating habits.
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Originally Posted by HisGraceFillsMe How much I weigh or whether or not I'm physically fit is none of my SCHOOL'S business. The whole point of school is for INTELLECTUAL improvement, is it not? |
In an ideal world schools should have nothing to do with health, with fitness, any of that. But we're not in an ideal world, and the continuing increase in obesity requires that action be taken in other venues than the home, because clearly there's not enough happening there.