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magily · 01-08-2006, 00:14

Now I understand where you are coming from. I can only speak regarding my children's school, gym is similar to what we did at school, organized games, races etc... My son plays football at all his breaks, my daughter skips and runs around. In winter as there is snow on the ground most of the time they are out building forts, slides etc.. I think that the goverment see that in general kids do not get enough exercise, hence the higher levels of obesity so this is a way to promote healthier lifestyle. I personally feel that today we live in a world of conveniance, so parents tend to give their kids processed foods and then the kids play computer games or tv for hours on end. Lets face it when we were growing up we had kids tv from 3.30pm till 6pm now there is 24hr cartoons etc..

01-08-2006, 00:14	#17
magily Full Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Toronto Canada Posts: 115 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 47	Re: obesity in children Now I understand where you are coming from. I can only speak regarding my children's school, gym is similar to what we did at school, organized games, races etc... My son plays football at all his breaks, my daughter skips and runs around. In winter as there is snow on the ground most of the time they are out building forts, slides etc.. I think that the goverment see that in general kids do not get enough exercise, hence the higher levels of obesity so this is a way to promote healthier lifestyle. I personally feel that today we live in a world of conveniance, so parents tend to give their kids processed foods and then the kids play computer games or tv for hours on end. Lets face it when we were growing up we had kids tv from 3.30pm till 6pm now there is 24hr cartoons etc..