Mr. President,
The signers of this petition and the American people petition the federal government to put an end to the current system of daylight saving. Obesity, and more specifically childhood obesity, has become an epidemic that is proliferated by a lack of daylight during the evening hours of the winter months. Children spend half of the year with no time to play outside after school. Families spend far less time in physical activity during this time period and unhealthy lifestyles are adopted.
A simple solution of permanent daylight saving (summer) time would allow families to spend more time outdoors in physical activity. Furthermore, time spent outdoors during winter months would help to prevent the spreading of illnesses amongst people forced to be indoors during flu season.