The Sports Myth

Confronted by the wobbly forms of a million obese schoolchildren, the authorities search for simple solutions.
"Sport!" cry the sporty. "Make the fat slobs do sport!"
Fact: Sporty people like doing sport; other people don't.
For many, school games lessons were a dismal eternity of hanging around, hoping the ball wouldn't come anywhere near you. School gym lessons were an eternity of humiliation.
For the majority, sport was something they didn't mind too much at school, but which they haven't bothered with since they grew up.
Ask people if they like sport, and they'll probably say Yes, because this is the socially acceptable answer. But their participation in the nonsense goes no farther than watching footie on the telly, while swilling lager and shouting at the box. This is not the answer to the national obesity epidemic.