Public gyms ought to be forced to admit overweight children for free

Every child needs at least 60 minutes of exercise a day, and because of suburbia or improper weather, this is not possible without access to a gym. Diet is not more important; children who are very active can consume 5000 calories a day, that's almost twice the average intake, many of those calories being junk food. Point is, moving your body is much more important than what goes in your mouth. Many obese children cannot get exercise, so giving them a healthy diet instead of gym access is irrelevant; a healthy diet is only effective when complemented by exercise, but exercise doesn't need a healthy diet to be effective. Rebuttal Two: Forced athleticism Society has a right and an obligation to force obese children to exercise. I am not demanding the entire population become athletes, I am saying obese children must be allowed to have the opportunity to exercise regularly and consistently until they cross the line into being fit. Con doesn't seem to realize being obese already has enormous phycological damage for a child, there is a definitive link between being obese and being socially discriminated (Many children commit suicide from being obese). This would essentially be removing the physical and phycological burden children have from childhood obesity. This does not inspire steroid use or suicide, because it isn't competitive, this is merely the child running on a treadmill for his 60 minutes a day, he isn't on a team that would pressure him to perform excellently, and being fit and healthy will remove a lot of strain. Exercise removes a lot of strain from the life of children, and it is vitally important. Obese children have lots of that strain. Rebuttal Three: The Definition of Obesity It would be true that being obese is highly subjective for a grown man or women. But fact is obese children are quite distinguishable, because of their short height, it is very easy to see if they have an excess amount of body fat, and any trained personal working at a health club could identify a obese child. If they can't, say because of a disorder or some perverted vision of what obesity is, then they shouldn't be working at a gym facility. All staff are quite educated in different body types, and anyone working at a gym is probably interested in health sciences and could serve the child quite effectively. I hope all gyms have competent employees, not a "apathetic teenager". Rebuilding: Many obese Children cannot afford a Gym membership I never said Middle class children were excluded from this deal. I merely pointed out what I propose is particularly effective because many obese children are poor, and cannot afford a gym membership. I am not manipulative enough to start a resolution and then change it in my opening speech, this applies to all classes of children, but is particularly effective because most obese children live in poverty, and a gym membership cannot be purchased. Rebuilding: Obese Children need Motivation to Exercise Con feels that forcing children into athleticism will make them bitter and that they will quit the lifestyle as soon as they can. Once again, this is not a competitive soccer team where the child is pressured by all around him. Many endorphins are released while exercising and it is a very pleasurable experience, no sane person would willingly revert back to the old ways once they become healthy, but even if they do, because they were forced to do it as a child they know that it is entirely possible to become healthy again. Forcing gyms to admit obese children forces the parents to admit that there are no more excuses, and that action must be taken to make their child fit and healthy. This also removes any excuses the child is making for his or her inactivity, and they will be forced by their own logic and conscience to accept that there is nothing in the way of them becoming healthy, and that they must go to the gym.