Addendum: Fat Kids

So, I've already posted about children, school, and fat right here.

But there's something missing, something to ensure that our children and subsequent adults are to be in good/peak physical condition. The one thing all schools have: tests.

Now, I'm no personal trainer; I've not spent years studying human anatomy, training regimes, and proper physical fitness management, or whatever the hell it's called these days. Thus, I wouldn't know the correct or effective way to test physical fitness, but there ARE people who do. The military for one, and doctors for two.

Each year at the beginning of the school year, a child's fitness level should be measured. Body fat content, stamina, strength, etc. Then, throughout the year, their fitness should be reevaluated, just like most classes. If at the end of the year, their scores are sub-par or simply horrible, they should still get to move onto the next grade level as would normally happen... however.

At the beginning of the year, if those who had poor results in the previous year did not get in shape, they should be put into another "fatties" PE class. This class should get these kids in shape, and be sufficient enough to allow them to pass the final physical test at the end of the year. Kind of like "The Biggest Loser" for fat children.

The potential is self explanatory. Every year, the kids are tested and retested to see if they're healthy, and if not, proactive and preventative action is implemented... whatever that may be. If the school has to involve the parents (they will in some way, it's the parents' fault for having fat kids), then so be it. Keep them after school for an hour? Do it. Whatever it takes.


People are becoming overweight, obese, and severely obese at increasing rates, and children appear to be getting fatter faster.

Start from birth and move forward. Maybe in a hundred years, we'll be better off.

Maybe