Obesity in this country is growing at an unprecedented rate and two of the main reasons for this are lack of exercise and lack of adequately balanced school meals . The lack of school equipment on the ground is primarily attributed to costly lawsuits against schools due to injuries occurring on equipment. The lack of nutrition in school meals was caused by the need to serve hundreds of students in the space of four lunch sessions of approximately thirty minutes each. What we need to solve the problem are healthier lunches, more school equipment, and increased amounts of 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 paraphernalia, doing donation drives in schools with candy and other products that is possible to sell for maximum profit and legalize marijuana and tax it. How we implement the program will truly make or break it. Initially there should be a test run with a few selected schools to see if it is possible and, if it is a success, expand outwards. As implementation occurs, parents need to be made aware of the changes and how their children will benefit. The community must also be informed of the changes to help support the program. We must change our approach to recess and food in public schools because of the startling statistics that have demonstrated how serious the obesity crisis is in America. Over a third of school-age children are overweight and one of the effects of this is more sick days as children have compromised immune systems and are therefore more susceptible to diabetes and coronary problems earlier than before. ...forced to obey, they simply ignored it as they claimed they did not have the funds to support this program without increasing the price of food in the canteens. Regarding playground equipment, children are extremely impressionable and should not be encouraged to perform dangerous acts that could result in additional days missed from school due to injuries and lawsuits that threaten schools. “Public schoolyards were among the most common places for injuries resulting in lawsuits to occur” (Cohea, Ron). . “Litigation has a profound, far-reaching, national influence on children's playgrounds, and the influence does not appear to be abating,” says Joe Frost, professor emeritus of education at the University of Texas. ( Chmelynski, Carol)