Taekwondo classes featured on "Honey, We're Killing the Kids"

I should explain this one - "Honey..." is one of my favorite TV shows because it encourages health and fitness. However, I wish it wasn't necessary to have such a program since its focus is unhealthy kids. This is a reality show in which nutritionist, Dr. Lisa Hark, develops a better eating plan for children in a different family each week. Watching the show, I'm amazed (in a bad way) how badly some of these parents allow their children to eat. Last night's family featured 3 boys who eat food containing 23 cups of sugar (and God only knows how much fat) each week. Yuck! Even worse, the boys didn't drink any water, or eat a single vegetable during said week. Back in the day, I remember meals with plenty of vegetables and being told "go play outside!" (and then not being allowed to come inside until mom said so) Ok, I have to confess that MAYBE I might've hid some of those vegetables in a napkin and disposed of them Mission Impossible style, but basically our parents fed us healthy meals, which I did eat. Boy, how times have changed. Anyway, Dr. Lisa came in and laid down her new "rules," for diet, exercise, discipline, etc. and the family was on their way to a promising healthy new start. Dr. Lisa enrolled the boys in a Taekwondo class, which they enjoyed very much. The boys were excited to learn the new moves as well as make new friends. It's not the first time on this show that Dr. Lisa has signed children up for a martial arts program. In one episode, the children were sent to a karate school. This was nice to see (even though the instructor wore a uniform eerily similar to the martial arts instructor in Napoleon Dynamite!) I hope this trend continues as people realize the health (and many other) benefits of Taekwondo.