Tonight's episode of Frontline was entitled Diet Wars.

The rise in obesity in America, along with the decrease in exercise and general physical activity in people's lives were covered. One of the physicians they interviewed talked about the very troubling growth of Type II Diabetes amongst teenagers. He also said he's seeing an increase in cases of heart disease amongst kids as young as twelve years old.

These revelations made me wonder if there's been a decrease in schools participating in the old Presidential Physical Fitness Award program. I recall my school participated in it. While I never personally won the award, the fact that we participated meant the school was dedicated to improving the health of its students through physical activity.

This is a problem that's only going to worsen if people don't begin to change their lifestyles as well as their children's. It's not just an American problem as the UK is catching up to us in the race to be obese. If you missed the program, it'll be online beginning Saturday at the Frontline website.