The government should provide sufficient funding to public schools to help fight childhood obesity by changing school menus, adding more physical education programs, involving parents, requiring teachers to change curriculum to more educational nutrition topics and get the community to sponsor programs that help educate children about fitness and nutrition. The government should increase funding for public schools as it fights to end childhood obesity in public schools. According to the authors of Physical Activity and Childhood Obesity: Strategies and Solutions for Schools and Parents, “Obesity is defined as excessive accumulation of body fat” (Green, Hargrove, and Riley 916). This proves that children battling childhood obesity have body fat. Government funding should provide help to public schools so they can change menus and also provide nutrition educators for public schools. A child who learns to eat healthily and exercise will most likely continue these healthy habits into adulthood. Improve the lunch menu in the cafeteria to offer more nutritious and appetizing foods on the menu. Children should be given the option to choose vegetables instead of chips. If the school lunch changed a few things by putting healthy food ahead of junk food, maybe that would encourage kids to take healthy food instead of junk food. In the recent BostonRios 2Globe article, the author writes: “Wansink thinks schools can encourage healthier eating by using cheaper, easier and more child-friendly options. It found, for example, that children are less likely to eat ice cream if it is stored in an opaque rather than transparent refrigerator, and that children are more likely to choose plain skim milk. of paper......lifestyle. Community involvement in the fight against childhood obesity plays an important role because everyone can contribute their help in the fight against childhood obesity. There was no money involved in the program, just a community and a public school trying to fight childhood obesity. Childhood obesity is a serious health problem in public schools. This shows why the government should help provide more funding to public schools. The growing problem of childhood obesity can be slowed if public schools take action. The public school system can make progress in the fight against childhood obesity by changing school menus, adding more physical education programs, involving parents, requiring teachers to change the curriculum to more educational nutrition topics, and convincing the community to sponsor programs that help educate children about fitness and nutrition.