I agree with the comment about PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY!. As a parent, I know first hand it is my job to ensure that the food in my home is healthy and nutritious, and that it is up to ME to teach my daughter healthy eating habits, and to give her healthy options - as well as daily excersize. By starting early in life (2 or 3 years old), then by the time the teenage years hit it will be so second nature to her that hopefully she wont' take a bad path with her health.

I get so angry and frustrated when I see parents whining that they can't understand why their child is 110 pounds at 7-8 years old, and then in the same breath say that "well, yes, they do bring the cookies, donuts, chef boyardee, pizza etc, into teh home on a regular basis". Or that their child "demands" these things - well, who is the parent, and who is the adult? Sorry to rant, but this is a subject that infuriates me, no child should have to suffer from unnecessary weight gain and the stuff that goes along with it.