Sport at school The amount of time spent on sport and exercise should be increased in schools in order to tackle the problem of overweight children? Do you think this is the best way to deal with the problem? What other solutions can you suggest? In my personal opinion, the schools should definitely increase the number of hours spent on sport and exercise, and on top of that, they have to offer a variety of sports and activities that students can choose from. In Italy, at the moment, students only spend 2 hours weekly practicing sport in the school, and that’s without a doubt not enough. There are several ways to deal with obesity and overweight, and play sport is just one of them. The school should teach to the students, from an early age, through courses or special classes, how to eat properly and conduct a healthy life. Parents, as well, play an important role in this matter and is their main task to protect their children from the various health problems that they might encounter In their lives.