MFP has shown me what I have been doing to myself all of the

There is still pe in school. My little girl loves it! I agree with teaching more about nutrition too:)) I say bring back playing OUTSIDE!!!!

PE and recess have dropped significantly inmost US schools, particularly in lower to moderate income schools throughout the US as cited in the following:

Childhood Obesity: Most U.S. Schools Don’t Require P.E. Class or Recess
By Bonnie Rochman | @brochman | December 7, 2011

Too many kids weigh too much, but too few states and schools require recess or follow recommended guidelines for physical education.

One in three U.S. kids is overweight or obese, but only six states — Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Illinois and Iowa — adhere to standards from the National Association of Sports and Physical Education that schoolchildren participate in 150 minutes a week of physical education. And just three states — Delaware, Virginia and Nebraska — have 20 minutes of mandatory elementary-school recess a day.

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago analyzed results of a survey sent to every state except Hawaii, Alaska and Wyoming, in which administrators in 1,761 schools and 690 school districts were asked questions about physical education (P.E.) policies and practices and nutrition at their schools. Their responses were compared with information collected about state laws and school district policies related to P.E. and recess.

Those states and school districts that followed the guidelines were categorized as “strong”; those that recommended but didn’t enforce the suggestions were classified as “weak.” Most schools fell into neither category because they have no regulations whatsoever, according the research, which was published Monday in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.

There is still pe in school. My little girl loves it! I agree with teaching more about nutrition too:)) I say bring back playing OUTSIDE!!!!

PE and recess have dropped significantly inmost US schools, particularly in lower to moderate income schools throughout the US as cited in the following:

Childhood Obesity: Most U.S. Schools Don’t Require P.E. Class or Recess
By Bonnie Rochman | @brochman | December 7, 2011



Too many kids weigh too much, but too few states and schools require recess or follow recommended guidelines for physical education.

One in three U.S. kids is overweight or obese, but only six states — Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Illinois and Iowa — adhere to standards from the National Association of Sports and Physical Education that schoolchildren participate in 150 minutes a week of physical education. And just three states — Delaware, Virginia and Nebraska — have 20 minutes of mandatory elementary-school recess a day.

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago analyzed results of a survey sent to every state except Hawaii, Alaska and Wyoming, in which administrators in 1,761 schools and 690 school districts were asked questions about physical education (P.E.) policies and practices and nutrition at their schools. Their responses were compared with information collected about state laws and school district policies related to P.E. and recess.

Those states and school districts that followed the guidelines were categorized as “strong”; those that recommended but didn’t enforce the suggestions were classified as “weak.” Most schools fell into neither category because they have no regulations whatsoever, according the research, which was published Monday in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.

My high school and others in the surrounding districts offered health and wellness class and also nutrition and weight lifting classes. They were elective but they were there. And I also think pretty much everyone that is big and over the age of 10 has had gym class in high school. If all it took was gym to be slim, I would be a stick. I also was an athlete in high school playing soft ball, basketball and marching in band. I personally think the lack of gym in SOME schools is not the main reason for kids being over weight. I think most of that falls on the parents diets.

agree. i dont think pe has too much to do with it. i remember in pe class it takes like 20 mins to take attendance and warm up, plus 5 mins to change, then another 5 to change again, so once they get started its like maybe 15 mins of actual physical activity. gym class isnt th miracle thats going to save the kids. its up to the parents to wake up and stop feeding their kids junk. and when they throw a fit cuz they want to eat the junk, the parents need to say the N-word...NO! and let them be kids as in let them play and get outside a little. remember to lose weight its 80% diet and 20% exercise. so even if they have 3 hours of pe class if they arent eating right it wont matter.

Again, my point as stated in the first post was about people STARVING THEMSELVES through poor eating habits.

There is still pe in school. My little girl loves it! I agree with teaching more about nutrition too:)) I say bring back playing OUTSIDE!!!!

PE and recess have dropped significantly inmost US schools, particularly in lower to moderate income schools throughout the US as cited in the following:

Childhood Obesity: Most U.S. Schools Don’t Require P.E. Class or Recess
By Bonnie Rochman | @brochman | December 7, 2011

Too many kids weigh too much, but too few states and schools require recess or follow recommended guidelines for physical education.

One in three U.S. kids is overweight or obese, but only six states — Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Illinois and Iowa — adhere to standards from the National Association of Sports and Physical Education that schoolchildren participate in 150 minutes a week of physical education. And just three states — Delaware, Virginia and Nebraska — have 20 minutes of mandatory elementary-school recess a day.

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago analyzed results of a survey sent to every state except Hawaii, Alaska and Wyoming, in which administrators in 1,761 schools and 690 school districts were asked questions about physical education (P.E.) policies and practices and nutrition at their schools. Their responses were compared with information collected about state laws and school district policies related to P.E. and recess.

Those states and school districts that followed the guidelines were categorized as “strong”; those that recommended but didn’t enforce the suggestions were classified as “weak.” Most schools fell into neither category because they have no regulations whatsoever, according the research, which was published Monday in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.

This only says that some states have mandates for gym and recess. It doesn't give any numbers about how many schools have no gym at all.

If you look up the research as cited it gives all of that info. (it was to long to post here). Also you can go to Ed.gov (Dept. of Education) and it also will help to shed some light on the subject (again to much info to post here).

MFP has woken me up to what I have been doing to myself all these years. I think they should teach INDEPTH nutrition in elementary and again in high school at a higher level. Oh! yeah, and bring back PE. And they wonder why there is an obesity epidemic. I did not know what I had been doing was grossly contributing to my weigh gain all of these years. I wonder how many millions of Americans don't get it.

As I read about people not wanting to eat and exercising like crazy, people not adding in any extra calories for excercise and wondering why they are not losing weight, I just want to scream...YOU ARE STARVING YOURSELF.

Then I see people's diaries who only eat processed and or snack foods, but stay under 1200 calories, who wonder why they are not losing, I want to scream you are not giving your body the right nutrients...YOU ARE STARVING YOURSELF.

Don't get me wrong, I believe exercise is great and watching your calories is great but knowing what I now know, I want to scream STOP STARVING YOURSELF, it only serves to create a vicious cycle of your body protecting itself on the most primal level...it stores fat and slows the metabolism as a survival mechanism.

Please take it from someone who has finally gotten it, and now faces a very long road to fitness and good health and do yourself a favor...STOP STARVING YOURSELF.