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Idaho Children Getting Fatter

First lady Michelle Obama speaks about childhood obesity, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010, at the YMCA in Alexandria, Va. (Cliff Owen / Fr170079 Ap)
First lady Michelle Obama speaks about childhood obesity, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010, at the YMCA in Alexandria, Va. (Cliff Owen / Fr170079 Ap)

First lady Michelle Obama speaks about childhood obesity Thursday at the YMCA in Alexandria, Va. Meanwhile, a study released by the Idaho State Department of Education reveals that 30.5 percent of Idaho children are overweight or obese, including 25 percent of the first-graders. Damon Hunzeker's story in the Twin Falls Times-News here. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Question: Is it time to start emphasizing and requiring physical education at all levels of education, including a return to federally promoted school testing of fitness?



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D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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