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Originally Posted by Osem
Maybe there should also be a tax on social media since this seems to have replaced exercise for so many young people. I believe this to be just as big a problem as junk food. Kids used to be far more active than they are today and that's not down to sugar.
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Well said. I was walking the dog this morning between 11:00 - 12:00 and part of the walk took in a large park, several acres of well maintained grassland with a hard basketball court at it's centre free for all to use! It was a beautiful morning here, but for the 15-20 mins I was in this park throwing the ball for the dog we were the only people there despite it being just a couple of minutes from several hundred houses! 50 years ago when I was a teenage schoolboy during half-term this sort of area would have been teeming with kids playing football, riding bikes, etc. but I suspect todays' kids were sitting in front of screens of PCs or games consoles. As we all know, except for the very few with genuine medical disorders, obesity is down to poor diet and lack of exercise