[keats5]

I don't know about kids eating more junk food. My sister and I learned that if you took the bottles from the back of our local store to the cashier, she would give you the bottle deposit money. Thus, we found an endless supply of petty cash for our life sustenance: mallo cups and snickers bars, washed down with pop. Yet, I was skinny as they come.

Of course, I had to ride my bike to the store.

Now we have suburban sprawl, and fewer sidewalks. Until my kids were teens, I hated to even let them take a walk or ride their bikes, because without sidewalks they were dodging cars. (We live on a busy road, and although the sign says 35 mph, 45-50 seem the norm.)

My other theory is that Americans got fat when they quit smoking. Of course, the crack-heads remain fashionably thin.

[Gabz]

My other theory is that Americans got fat when they quit smoking. Of course, the crack-heads remain fashionably thin.

ROFL!!!!!!

[brytlea]

I know they exercise alot less, and we ate junk food to some extent. However, when I was growing up most moms made sure the kids ate a healthy dinner, nowadays dinnner is often fast food, coke, etc. And having taught recently, I can assure everyone that what passes for school lunches these days is not very healthy, add to that vending machines in the schools....
Really, it's a multi faceted problem.
I just wish more parents would take it seriously.
I don't really want to support them when they can't work.
susie