Gym class no solution for obesity: study

The subtitle to the article is "Scientists still not certain why kids become obese."

Possibly it is because the "scientists" are too damned stupid or cowardly to admit it is all about the Calories in vs. the Calories out.

"Physical exercise has long been touted as the best way to combat childhood obesity, spurring governments and school boards to implement programs to get youngsters moving at school.

Perhaps they deserve a failing grade.

A study published yesterday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal found that school-based interventions had no effect on body mass index, a measure of body fat, suggesting that increased physical activity at school may not be the best way to stall the growing waistbands of Canadian children."

Duh.

Exercise is a terribly inefficient way to control weight, morons.

"Finding effective strategies to combat childhood obesity has baffled and frustrated researchers and educators for years."Because they are looking in all the wrong places."One of the main reasons is that scientists still aren't sure why children become obese, says Tom Baranowski, a psychologist and professor of pediatrics at Baylor University's medical school in Houston, who has been researching obesity-prevention programs for children since the 1980s.

Many school-based intervention programs assume that the roots of childhood obesity are too much food, too little exercise. But recent research has shown that the underlying causes are much more complex, Dr. Baranowski said."

Liar and fool.

There is not a single creature on this planet who will fail to gain weight when more Calories are consumed than burned.

There is not a single creature on this planet who will fail to lose weight when fewer Calories are consumed than burned.

Period.

And the madness is global.

"His study, conducted by several B.C. researchers, is not the first to highlight the ineffectiveness of school-based programs on BMI. Other major meta-analysis, including those done in Britain and the U.S., have found similar results, said Dr. Baranowski."

“We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” - Einstein.

But they keep trying.

"Kieran Kennedy, principal at East Front Public School in Cornwall, Ont., knows this all too well. Alarmed by the high rate of childhood obesity at his school, he has introduced several programs. Children at his school now get 38 minutes of physical education a day, have healthy snacks at their fingertips all day long, and are given a list of exercises to do at home after school.

Yet, despite these efforts, which have been recognized with awards from the Canadian Association of Physical Education, he says obesity is still an issue for his students."

This is what happens when idiots rule.

Welcome to the Oprah-Mehmet-Michael-David-Jorge world.