Should Students Get More Exercise in School?

Attempts to combat childhood obesity in schools were not successful during this legislative session in Annapolis.

According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, 28.8 percent of children aged 10-17 in Maryland are overweight or obese.

The Student Health and Fitness Act, which would have required 150 minutes of physical activity time weekly, and another bill requiring calorie counts on school menus, both died in the House.

According to the , every elementary student participates in developmentally appropriate physical education class for ninety minutes per week.

What do you think? Should more exercise be built into our children's school day?