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I probably should have titled this "News from the Terminally Stupid". Every day I'm forced to add a lot of items to the list of things that make me think that we as a race and a society are proving DEVOLUTION, rather than evolution, and this offering is among the latest. Toy makers are experimenting with heavier teddy bears because they think that carting around a heavier teddy bear will help combat child obesity by forcing children to exert more energy carting it around. In my personal experience, it will only strengthen the dog's neck muscles as he embarks on his latest toy mutilation campaign...but I digress.

this is yet another example of the silliness of combatting the symptom, not the cause. There are so many factors that contribute to our obesity, and the lack of calories exerted by children at play is simply NOT anywhere to be seen on that list. I live in the firm belief that the single greatest thing a family can do to fight childhood obesity is to sell that TV at the next yard sale. Until toy manufacturers invent a heavier PS3 controller, weighting the toys is not likely to make a substantial difference at all.