<i>"... The cruel trick has been pulled on this benighted child by an agglomeration of foodies and educational reformers who are propelled by a vacuous if well-meaning ideology that is responsible for robbing an increasing number of American schoolchildren of hours they might other wise have spent reading important books or learning higher math (attaining the cultural achievements, in other words, that have lifted uncounted generations of human beings out of the desperate daily scrabble to wrest sustenance from dirt) ..."</i><p>There is great irony of this statement. In Australia we have high rates of obesity ~ <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=australia+obesity" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/search?q=australia+obesity</a> a combination of low levels of physical activity and poor diet.<p><pre><code>  Mens sana in corpore sano
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What you eat is important. It is far better to regulate fitness through a combination of good nutrition than exercise.  So understanding what to eat, how to grow it and cook is just as important as traditional education.