Obesity in this country is increasing at an unprecedented rate and two of the main reasons are lack of exercise and lack of school meals properly balanced. The lack of school equipment is mainly blamed on costly lawsuits filed against schools due to injuries occurring on equipment. The lack of nutrition in school meals is due to the need to serve hundreds of students in four lunch sessions of approximately thirty minutes each. What we need to solve the problem are healthier lunches, more school equipment, and more unrestricted play. Opponents of correcting these problems cite lack of funding. However, there are several solutions to monetary problems, including increasing taxes on tobacco and tobacco-related paraphernalia, organizing school donation drives with candy and other products that you can sell for maximum profit, and legalize. marijuana and tax it. How we implement the program will truly determine its success or failure. As a first step, there should be a trial with a few selected schools to see if this is possible and if it is successful, expand the project outside. As implementation progresses, parents should be informed of the changes and how they will benefit children. The community should also be informed of changes to help support the program. We need to change our approach to recess and nutrition in public schools because of astonishing statistics that have shown just how serious the obesity crisis is in America. More than a third of school-aged children are overweight, leading to more sick days as children have weakened immune systems and are therefore more susceptible to diabetes and coronary heart problems earlier in life. 'previously. .....forced to obey, they simply ignored it since they claimed they did not have the funds to support this program without increasing the price of food in the cafeterias. As for playground equipment, children are extremely impressionable and should not be encouraged to commit dangerous acts that could result in more days missed from school due to injuries and lawsuits threatening schools. “Public school playgrounds were among the most common sites of injuries leading to lawsuits” (Cohea, Ron). . “Litigation has a deep and widespread influence nationally on children's playgrounds, and that influence does not appear to be diminishing,” says Joe Frost, professor emeritus of education at the University of Texas. (Chmelynsky,Carol)