[onyx]

The rates of childhood obesity have doubled in the last 10 years, has increased fourfold in the last 40 years, and as many as one in every three of our children will develop diabetes or high blood pressure in their lifetime. It’s a very serious issue.

COOK them meals and send them OUTDOORS to play.

[Cindy]

Bump.

[Allegra]

COOK them meals and send them OUTDOORS to play.

Amen.

And get the Coke and snack machines out of the grade schools. Parents should be the ones deciding if or when they have that stuff.

They didn't have those machines in school when I was a kid (sheesh, I sound old), and we did fine with that.

[pnh102]

COOK them meals and send them OUTDOORS to play.

Why cook? Schools provide lunches for "free." :)