Child Obesity

I was at McDonald's with my friend and her two young boys today. We were watching the kids play in the play place and I noticed there was A LOT of fat children there. We are talking fat 7 year olds, 5 year olds, 3 year olds and 1 year olds. It shocked me how many kids were overweight. And some of these kids were REALLY overweight. It reminded me of a preschooler I had this past year - 5 years old and 86 pounds. How sad! America really does have an obesity problem. And when it is happening to young children, it is usually the parent's lifestyle choices. Our society is a lot of the problem. We have the attitude of all you can eat buffets, when you are sad eat chocolate and all these other social bits that make it harder for people to be healthy. And I hate that it is affecting these small children. Please, please, please feed your children fruits and vegetables and give them appropriate portions and make sure they have plenty of time to be active. Please!