No Atkins in Schools

Once in a while, public schools ought to be praised for getting it right:

Low-carb diets like Atkins and South Beach are changing the contents of grocery stores and the orders at fast-food restaurants.

But in school lunch lines -- and at the national meeting of the school food service association this week -- bread isn't a bad word.

I'm not even sold on Atkins diets being particularly healthy for adults, but that's an arguable question. The problem with children's diets is that they eat too much shit, not too many carbohydrates. So while a low-carb candy bar might be less harmful than a regular candy bar, the better answer would be fruit.

The story includes this groundbreaking news:

[H]uge portions and lack of exercise are the real causes of American obesity, not an occasional cookie or snack.

Try bringing back gym classes where they've been eliminated. Get children outside after school, keep track of how much they've been eating, and things will be fine. Let them eat crap, whether eggs and bacon or chocolate cake, and watch TV all night, and they'll be fat.