I agree, but when exactly?

Knickas63 my grandson got a letter from primary school about 7 years ago saying he was overweight. ( according to the prevalent statistics).
He was a great fruit rather than desserts fan, did gym swimming and karate and used a trampoline in the back garden. He wasn’t even remotely overweight, but the government change the levels to make things appear how they want.
There are some overweight (not obese) children around; 1 or 2 in each class where I teach, but if all the others are fit, what’s causing the problem?

In my granddaughter high school lots of very fat children and of her classmates/friends I’d estimate over 50% are obese including boys and girls. They only have one PE lesson and half the girls cry off with an ailment or other excuse.
I’m thankful that GD is a skinny bean pole. I agree it would be difficult to fit in extra time but I think it’s really talking about primary years which should be a little more flexible surely.

In the 1980s and 1990s schools were encouraged to sell off their sports fields for development. Short term gain, long term loss. Short-termism was the key feature of Thatcher's "selling off the family silver". Once these facilities are lost, they become almost impossible to replace.

"PE every day"!!!!!! That would have taxed even my ingenuity - the main thing I learned at school was how to create as many ways as possible to get out of PE! Poor kids.

knicka63 DH and myself had a conversation around this in the car this morning. All this talk of Britains obese children. I just don't see it. I look at the children at my DGC school, and the children I see attending our other local schools and none of them appear remotely obese! When we were at school, many years ago, there was always one 'fat kid' in the class. I am taliking abour 45 - 50 years ago here. The children that my DGC go to school/playschool with all appear fit an healthy. Can't actually say I have noticed one obese child. Is it really as rife as they say?

I agree with you. Occasionally I see one but he/she usually has a very overweight mother, so might well be hereditary.

Now if you are talking teenagers, who are not exactly children, you do see large girls, but I'd rather that than a nation of anorexiacs or bulimics.

as far as I'm aware all the schools in our area do the daily mile ...well it originated here .My GC are always happy to tell people about it and even the 8 year old and her friends count their steps and compete to see who has done the most over the day .
My GS is in High School he gets PE EVERY day ,he's in the basketball team ,the rowing team the athletics team and loves exercise .He also has a "full curriculum" but there doesn't seem to be any problem fitting PE into it.He's doing very well in Maths ,the sciences,english and art ..so it is possible to iclude it all .

DH and myself had a conversation around this in the car this morning. All this talk of Britains obese children. I just don't see it. I look at the children at my DGC school, and the children I see attending our other local schools and none of them appear remotely obese! When we were at school, many years ago, there was always one 'fat kid' in the class. I am taliking abour 45 - 50 years ago here. The children that my DGC go to school/playschool with all appear fit an healthy. Can't actually say I have noticed one obese child. Is it really as rife as they say?

I think hospitals gyms and high schools all annoy me with the machines of crisps chocolate bars and fizzy drinks in their foyers or dinning rooms