Why Childhood Obesity Should Be Blamed On More Than Just ...

From The Donaldsonville Chief?..

I get it. Childhood obesity is a problem. But all this talk I hear about how children need to watch their diets, and this, that and the other gets a little old.

Sure, diet is one of the contributing factors. But it?s not like these kids are eating anything that they didn?t eat or drink in the 1950s. They still had Coke and McDonald?s hamburgers back then, and hanging out and drinking Cokes all night was the rage. And in my historical research, I haven?t seen or heard about too many people causing a big stink about hanging out and drinking Cokes back then.

Instead, I raise this point. An equal amount of blame should go to exercise (or the lack thereof). I like to think video games are a big part of this. Kids are so hooked onto these video games of Guitar Hero, Call of Duty and World of Warcraft that they come home from school (where they usually sit in a classroom for eight hours each day, save for maybe a half-hour gym class, if it hasn?t been cut due to a lack of funding yet), and they sit in a computer chair and play these video games for the rest of the evening. If they get up, it?s to go to the shower or eat.
But there?s no widespread efforts to limit these video games. In fact, we?re encouraging it more, almost.

See, there are all these activists wanting to limit the amount of soda a kid drinks, or remove vending machines from schools because they?re bad influences. But yet we?re creating these new technologies and video games which are more and more appealing to kids. Aren?t video games bad influences too? They?re just like candy bars. In moderation, they?re OK, but if it?s a steady diet of them, it?s bad news.

Outside of the percentage of students who actually play sports in school, what encouragement do kids have to go out and exercise? Like I said above, gym classes are being cut due to budget crunches (along with arts classes, which is another argument for another day), and there?s not quite the same motivation to go out and build a playground anymore. So, kids complain because there?s nothing to do, since there?s nowhere for them to go.

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