I have been doing a lot of research about Childhood Obesity and its effect on learning and have compiled a list of recent articles and research about how lack of exercise and feeding kids crap affect their ability to learn big time. You can’t dispute all of the studies and once you go through them — it should really hit you how important it is for us to instill the healthy and fit foundations that will affect them for the rest of their lives.

• Physically Fit Boys And Girls Score Higher On Reading And Math
• Obesity Might Lower Teens’ Thinking Skills
• The More they Burn, the more they Learn
• Lack of exercise may impede kids’ motor skills
• Fitter Kids May Make Better Grades: Study
• Obesity is bad for Kids’ brains
• Healthier food for your children can make them healthier and smarter
• CDC: Childhood Obesity and Overweight
• Couch-potato kids are biggest child health problem in the U.S., adults say
• Top 10 health concerns for kids; Obesity, stress, teen pregnancy worsening
• AMA and Mercy Aligned in Educating Kids about the Dangers of Obesity