Exercise can help, but now some schools are putting physical education on the back burner.
Celeste Ford tells us why. The federal government is trying to combat obesity with a campaign intended to increase physical activity among children. At the same time schools in New Jersey are changing their schedules so that students take gym for half the year or less. Sharyn Robbins is a physical education teacher at Manasquan High School. Her students take gym for 83 minutes each day, but for only one semester.