"According to the Children's International Obesity Foundation (CIOF), an acknowledged authority and voice regarding childhood obesity, the short-term financial benefits and incentives for fattening up children are making childhood obesity into a profit opportunity for too many, and at the ultimate expense of children's lives."Right observation, wrong conclusion.
"'The obvious question is, 'if we, as a decent society know this, why aren't we doing something to reverse the epidemic?'The answer is not the companies.
'The answer is chilling,' said Castle. 'Too many companies, agencies and even foundations are simply making too much money by keeping kids fat. The snack food and beverage giants, the pharmaceutical companies, the pop-psychologists, the clothing manufacturers, the fad diet pundits -- even some unscrupulous healthcare providers and foundations which are actually just puppets for these same special interest groups are getting richer and richer by feeding off of this epidemic.'"
The answer is child-abusing parents and mandatory reporters who break the law.
No one is forcing fat, porcine parents to overfeed their children.
No one is enforcing the laws on the books that require mandatory reporters, such as doctors and teachers, to do their duties.
No one is preventing children from purchasing food items via Gram Shop Acts.
But everyone is wringing their hands.
Stop the child abuse. Hold the adults accountable.
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