As the weather gets nicer the number stay the same. It seems that students have become accustom to doing nothing and watching tv. The students are not getting anymore exercise in nice weather as bad weather.

Study Identifies Four New Genetic Markers For Severe Childhood Obesity

Study Identifies Four New Genetic Markers For Severe Childhood Obesity

Read more: http://healthland.time.com/2013/04/12/study-finds-genetic-markers-for-severe-childhood-obesity/#ixzz2QSqmAqAU

Internet generation revisited

The average 8-18 year old student spends 7 hours a day on TV, video games, computer, phone.
http://www.kff.org/entmedia/entmedia012010nr.cfm

The University of Maine also says that children over the age of 8 spend 7 hours a day.
http://umaine.edu/publications/4100e/

I feel that the validity of the statement I made that this group of 7^th graders will be the first to have spent on average 5 hours a day with one form of entertainment (computer, TV, video games) was called into question.  I decided to contact the person that gave us that information and she is sending the research done by Oregon State University in partnership with Oregon State Board of Education. I asked Mrs. Golden some questions I had. One was everything I read only talks about 8 years old and above. She told me that they are looking at this as a generational problem. Every generation gets worse than the one before. The parents of today’s 7^th graders basically allowed the TV to raise their kids. Most of these 7^th graders are spending 7-8 hours a day and that over their lifetime today’s 7^th grade class has spent really closer to 6 hours a day involved in entertainment. Children born 2011 and up they expect 6-7 hours to be the average once the student reaches graduation, the tablet being a big contributor to the growth. I have found what I can online to support my statement. I have found nothing that disproves or calls into question the statement made.

 

Ny Times 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/20/education/20wired.html?_r=0

This first article I found that talks about children. NY Daily news says that children over the age of 2 spend 34 hours a week watching TV. That 34 hours just on TV.
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/americans-spend-34-hours-week-watching-tv-nielsen-numbers-article-1.1162285

Michelle Obama Challenges Kids With Lunch Contest

The first lady is challenging kids to eat healthier. I am not sure how all school lunches are but ours is like prison food. There might be one good item to eat but thats on a good day. The school lowered the price of teachers lunches to 2.25$ if the school paid me 2.25$ I wounot eat it.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/michelle-obama-challenges-kids-lunch-contest-18869094