I would be remiss if I did not point out that this is the best blogging under the TBND umbrella in a long while.

As if West Virginia hasn't been in the national news enough, now they're getting flack for using Dance Dance Revolution in the middle schools gym classes.

Thursday morning, Bill Littlefield had a commentary on Boston's public radio station WBUR criticizing the policy. He compared using video games in fitness to using junk food to get children to eat healthier. He said kids will run around and play games outside not because it's competitive, but because it's fun, like all you need is a playground and a ball to keep kids from getting obese.

Littlefield needs to leave skinny New England more often. There are playgrounds and balls all over the country, yet child obesity continues to rise. It's a major problem in rural areas, but the obesity epidemic is growing everywhere, as Bad Blood, the recent New York Times series on Diabetes makes clear. There's obviously a major problem, and Littlefield refuses to recognize that traditional methods aren't addressing it.

Read the rest of Monica taking Littlefield to task.