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[MTK]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Schools back when I went in the 70's and 80's sold nothing but junk food and we did not have an obesity problems like todays kids.Even at home we ate more fried food and high fat foods and go back and look at what our grandparents ate all the time. Maybe the parents should be parents and cut off the TV, computers, video games and get the kids up and moving around. Speaking of kids when I was 10 years old or around that age I would cut grass and stuff like that to make a buck. When was the last time you had a kid come by and ask to do some odd jobs?

When I was in school in the 80's and early 90's we had very little junk food and only one vending machine, and that machine only had juice in it.

Things have gotten much worse since then, as evident by recent efforts to push the junk food out of schools.

You mention they aren't getting enough exercise and I totally agree, but again that's something that can start at an early age at school as well.

When I was in school we had gym class 2-3 days per week, but I've heard of schools where gym classes are optional.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

When I was in school in the 80's and early 90's we had very little junk food and only one vending machine, and that machine only had juice in it.

Things have gotten much worse since then, as evident by recent efforts to push the junk food out of schools.

You mention they aren't getting enough exercise and I totally agree, but again that's something that can start at an early age at school as well.

When I was in school we had gym class 2-3 days per week, but I've heard of schools where gym classes are optional.

Matty our difference in how we look at thing is you think goverment is the answer and I feel people need to take more responsibiltity for themself. I agree that it may help some to remove the junk food from the schools but that is such a small part of the problem. Its like the parents blamming fast food for their childs weight problem while sitting in line at Burger King. The school I attened had all those junk food machines.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Matty our difference in how we look at thing is you think goverment is the answer and I feel people need to take more responsibiltity for themself. I agree that it may help some to remove the junk food from the schools but that is such a small part of the problem. Its like the parents blamming fast food for their childs weight problem while sitting in line at Burger King. The school I attened had all those junk food machines.

I never said the gov't is the answer, I think you're correct as well. I think schools AND parents need to do a better job. If people took more responsibility for their own situations we wouldn't have the problems that we do. I think at times people need some guidance and examples to follow, and if that means the gov't and/or schools stepping in and providing that I'm all for it.