Fast Food Equals Fat Kids

Is it not obvious that the children of today are getting bigger and bigger? I blame it on fast food. Some may use the convenience of it as an excuse, but its simple laziness. Parents ask their children, “What do you want for dinner?” and the child simply replies “Chicken Nuggets or Cheeseburger!” If you ask any child what they want, majority of them are not going to shout of veggies or fruit. This is becoming a big issue because fast food is making our children FAT and unhealthy and nobody is trying to do anything about it. The parents are the blame. Your child can only eat what you allow them and that is the end of it. Some kids have gotten so out of control with it that they simply throw tantrums and fits because they cannot have their chicken nuggets and barbeque saw with their little toy. In Jeanie Lerche Davis's article Fast Food Creates Fat Kids studies show that on average, one-third of the nation’s children eat fast food, but not only are they eating unhealthy food, they eat more of everything else, too. Kids between the ages of 4 and 8 eat 6% more food than children who do not eat fast food and kids between the ages of 10 and 14 eat 17% more food. I believe that the fatness of these kids is the parents’ fault. They have become so lazy in their parenting that instead of cooking their child a healthy meal, at these young ages, they would rather take them to McDonald’s or Burger King and provide them with an unhealthy Kid’s Meal. Not only have these fast food restaurants sucked our poor children and parents in with toys and other gadgets, but they have upped their menus to Mighty Kids and Big Kids Meals which give them an even bigger dose of clogged arteries, high cholesterol and weight gain. And we, as people, have become captive to the enslavement of making our kids FAT. At this point we need to just learn to tell the kids “No you cannot have this or that, I’m cooking and you are going to eat it.” The End. Until they become adults, and are able to make their own decisions, parents should provide their child with their fair share of healthy food and a limited amount of snacks.