Obesity in Schools Begins in the Womb?

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Any time there is a problem that seems easy to solve but that is still unsolvable, you can be sure that it is just a matter of how people think "No one does that! Do we really have to? ". People generally like to not make any difficult changes, unless it makes them stand out. The obesity in schools that we see all around (actually a third of all America's schoolchildren), can often be put down to a number of behavior patterns that people tell themselves are really not their fault. Money is tight, and so parents have to work long hours away from their children. Being away so long, parents don't have the time to arrange for a good quality food, and so, unsupervised children pick fast food. And since parents aren't around to keep their children moving along, TV (and all the junk food advertised on it) takes the place of quality family time. Did I say that a third of all children were overweight? Well, two-thirds of their parents are overweight too, and would find it a little embarrassing to enjoin their children to slim down.

But there are some things that can be done, the first lady Michelle Obama's focus on obesity in schools, finds. For instance, a Columbia University research program, that followed hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren over several years, finds that obesity levels rise in schools that happen to have a fast food restaurant within the radius of a block around. They are really serious about this study; they've used a fairly large sample, and the hundreds of thousands, and they've been studying their subjects for nearly 10 years. In fact, they studied schools and the children for so long, they could actually see how children did before fast food outlets opened up in the area, and how quickly these previously healthy children developed a weight problem, after. The scientists finally put the figure at a 5% additional risk of obesity that children face if their school happens to be near a fast food outlet. Now, there is talk of redoing zoning laws around the country, to make sure that schools and fast food outlets are never found closer than a quarter-mile apart. It isn't just children that are affected to have a McDonald's nearby. A study done in pregnant women found exactly the same thing: if they lived near a fast food outlet, they gained a lot more weight than women who lived farther away. It certainly looks like obesity in schools starts really early - like even before children are born.

But what do you do when the fast food outlet in question isn't near a school so much as it is right in it? The first lady's Let's Move campaign focuses on vending machines and cafeteria staples around the country like French fries, cola, and candy. In fact, there is legislation planned that will actually make it an offense for schools to stock such junk food. You'd think that Republican support for a plan like this would be quite forthcoming; you would not be that right; most Republicans, when they are asked on television interviews about their support for the legislation, protest that it sounds too much like some big brother scenario. But they might come around; after all, it's their children in those schools too.