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Okay, people, we've got the idea. Kids are fat . Lots of kids are fat. The latest reason? Because they're not in school . That's right, now summer vacation is being blamed on weight gain in children. So getting away from schools which are filled with Taco Bell ads, junk-food vending machines, crappy...

There's been a lot of focus lately on the relative fatness of kids today. First: letters sent home from schools telling parents their kids are fat. Then: watching commercials makes kids fat in the first place. Next: even babies are too fat (Jon Stewart said so). And then: "mystery fat" has even crept...