But one of the better moves to improve health for teenagers would be to ban junk food from schools. In fact, that ban was pretty much in effect when I was in high school–let’s not talk about my currently oversized condition (you try and workout regularly with twins). Join Cross guys bring it up in relation to Tom Cross’ efforts to ban junk food in schools.
Illinois is actually one of the smarter states that requires physical education from grade school through high school every day with exceptions for health class and drivers ed (or those were the exceptions when I was in school). It is an important way to promote exercise and taking care of oneself–improving phys ed education for teachers would go along way to making it a field that isn’t just for coaches, but Illinois is on the right path.