Circus Central

Hello Kitty isn't fat; she weighs only 3 apples. But Texas RISD, DISD, and all other district schools has a slight problem with that. I don't think any kids that attend school there weigh 3 apples.

Want some facts? I'll darn skippy give you some facts! Obesity is a real problem, and here's some information to open your eyes about it:

*Overweight-ness-ness and obesity among children in Texas (and other states) has gone up to 42%! IN TEXAS! That's a big chunk out of the 50 states.

*There is a alarming rate of Type II diabetes with the increase of body weight. (Did you also know Nick Jonas, of The Jonas Brothers, had Type I diabetes?)

*If a child under the age of 15 gets Type II diabetes, it's estimated that their lives will be shortned as much as 17-21 years!

*THIS MAY BE THE FIRST GENERATION WHERE THE PARENTS OUTLIVE THEIR CHILDREN! OUTLIVE PEOPLE! THAT MEANS BYE BYE KIDS BEFORE YOU SAY BYE!

Eyes opened yet? Major kudos to the O.Henry site on http://www.risd.org/.

 Wanna know why this is such a problem? BECAUSE THE FLAPJACKIN' SCHOOL ARE TAKING AWAY RECESS!

I know in your "golden days" you may have had about a hour of recess. And I know you think this is really sorta fair, but really. After all of what you just heard, you know you gotta at least think about it! Many schools have banned recess so children will get a better education. Or the grade is just a bad infulence to the primary grades. Well, don't dwell on that part.

DWELL ON THIS! YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO OUTLIVE YOUR KIDS? HUH?

Let's say you had a child who was going to die at age.. 30. Hey, pretend.

Okay, say they didn't have recess as a child in intermediate elementary school. Now they have Type II diabeties.

Subtract about, 17-21 years.

 30 minus 17 alone is 13! Yea, only 17. YEA!

So your child would be destined to die at age 13. Bummer for you. (By the way, that was VERY unaccurate math! Don't believe me!)

 Know what you can do? If you can't join your child's school PTA, (parent teacher acss.) let your child play a hour a day outside. Take them to the park.. let them go after school to the mall with friends.. just make sure they get their vitamins and exercise!

 If you really want to take a stance, write a letter to the president! (wait until George Bush leaves. but still support our native and wicked awesome country, no matter who the president is.)

 Oh, by the way..

DID YOU KNOW NICK JONAS HAS TYPE I DIABETIES?

STAY HEALTHY! I MEAN IT!