Reply #36: Sports won't cure that.

[Cleita]

I believe childhood obesity is caused by junk food and convenience food. When I was in school, there wasn't a gym class that I didn't find a way to get out of most of the time, yet I, like most of my classmates, was quite thin. We didn't have McDonalds and the rest of the fast food emporiums then. There was maybe one fat kid in the class if that many.

Hamburgers, hot dogs, corn dogs and french fries were a treat that we got occasionally, not everyday. I agree though in limiting the amount of time with couch potato activities and making kids go outside and get some exercise. I got mine mostly bike riding and roller skating.