Show Doryl J. McCorty i Utah Weight problems It was reported somewhere about three years ago that mechanization is taking a lot of work out of farm life for children and that it's leading to Since the chores on some farms aren't as hard as they used to the youngsters have more time on their Many of the farms are so the kids may not burn off as many calories playing with They often watch As a the f may put on too much Kate Utah's Teacher of the teaches youngsters from farms at her two-room schoolhouse in Box Elder When she heard about the tendency toward weight her school did something about The teachers and students got busy for Presidential Awards for physical This involves a series of physical goals-such as running a certain distance in a stated If a youngster accomplishes all the he or she wins the Dennis said students at her school had the state's highest percentage of students receiving Presidential Now something's appeared which leads me to think that we parents might do more to teach the youngsters about physical A recent ABC News-Harris Survey indicates that most adults' leisure activities require a minimum of physical Of the 1442 adults 54 percent reported eating as the top leisure activity 1 i Another 30 percent said they eat occasionally to occupy their Watching TV was mentioned by 41 listening to radio by 40 reading by 39 and listening to music at home by 39 Of many people use some for vigorous such But maybe a lot of us aren't setting good enough examples for the Group such as running or tennis can build happier la j I i |