Obese children and the government

Everyday there is a new "crisis" in the media. This time it is our obese children.

How can this be with all the poverty they are reporting in our country? Wouldn't it make sense that if everyone is so poor, all the people would be skin and bones because they are so poor?

But just the opposite is true. Kids are fighting obesity. And why? Could it be because they are not allowed to play games at school? And what about this latest "disease" called video games?

There are reports that schools have banned such playground favorites as "tag" and "dodge ball" because they are too violent and encourages winners! So could we not say that schools might be part of the problem? Lack of exercise could easily add to the problem!

After all, on the diet side they have created all these healthy school lunch programs (paid for by you and me). And they've taken away the soft drink and candy machines, haven't they? So shouldn't our kids be getting healthier?

I guess this is just another one of those mysteries we'll never be able to solve.

Mick O.