the Daily Mail - Childhood obesity linked to youngsters staying up too late |

Interesting study that lack of sleep is linked to obesity in children, of course there are laos the other twin evils of excess junk food and lack of exercise. I think the 3 probably go hand in hand to creat a vicious circle.

In my opinion another factor which is often ignored is the over anxious paranting that is fueled by scare stories from the tabloids, we used to play out in the streets, run around and climb trees.

Blaming the schools for lack of exercise is an easy option but I think our current atmosphere of fear also conrtibutes not only to lack of exercise for children but lack of the chance to experience life.