Who to blame for child obesity?

As the obesity rate in America is increasing, people are pointing fingers at the fast-food industry. Teenagers, with the help of their parents, have filed lawsuits blaming fast-food restaurants like McDonald’s for their own health problems. A public health group in California has asked the governor to declare childhood obesity a state of emergency. However, parents-- not the fast-food companies- are to blame for the amount of overweight children that are present today. They are the ones who teach their children eating and exercising habits, they are the ones who let their young consume unhealthy foods, they are the ones who allow their children to watch television and play on the computer for hours on end; obviously, it is the parents fault for obesity in youth.
One reason that parents are the most responsible for the rise in obesity is that they don’t pay attention to how they’re feeding their children. The kids eat what they want and start getting used to it. They end up wanting all that fast food it becomes their daily routine. Weintraub agrees when he writes, “It’s the fault of parents who let their kids eat unhealthy foods and sit in front of the television or computer for hours at a time.” Weintraub’s point is that parents should start taking responsibility to protect their children from eating unhealthy foods and lack of exercise, they should stop blaming others.
Parents are naturally responsible for their kids eating habits. They have a huge impact on whether their kids want to eat healthy or unhealthy, or whether they want to watch TV or get up and go exercise. Obesity may not seem to be such a big deal as a young child, but it will become a problem as a young adult. Personally, I think parents are to blame because they have a choice. They can either cook a nice healthy meal for their children or they can just go out and buy something from a fast food restaurant because it’s quicker and easier. As a child, this was never a problem for me