Let's Talk About Obesity

Obesity as we all know, has and will continue to plague old and new generations of society. Every year, this life-threatening disease claims thousands of lives and imposes an extreme health risk to the victims battling obesity. For some, obesity is simply a way of life, resulting in an outward display of gross negligence. It is hard to comprehend how someone can indulge upon massive amounts of food and feel content with being bedridden for the remainder of their life. Yes, there are a minute amount of overweight individuals who have waged a personal battle against obesity and have actually won, but what of the overwhelming crowd who refuse to make a change for the better? Have they given up? Do they feel as though there is no help available to them, so that once more they can become active members of society? There is always a way to undo what has been done, no matter the extremities of the situation. The desire to live a healthier and more fruitful life begins with the individual and grows upon them as a child.
In most cases, obesity develops in early childhood, beginning as early as two years of age, sometimes even earlier. It is the sole responsibility of parents to impose healthy eating habits upon their child, which will prevent them from becoming six-to-seven-hundred-pound adults later in life. In a popular television show, "Maury," a mother and her two-year-old son were guests on the show. She sat in a chair, while Maury, the audience, and millions of viewers watched her spill tears--her son, at only two years of age, weighed in at an unbelievable eighty-six pounds. The average weight of a two-year-old falls between thirty-three and forty-five pounds (info acquired from Wikipedia). Maury asked this mother if she felt responsible for her son's grossly overweight appearance, and her response was, "No. It is his fault." As hard as it may sound, stupid and naive parents like this one should not be allowed to rear children. What kind of parent blames their child for over-eating, when it is their hand that rocks-the-cradle? It is never the child's responsibility, especially at two-years-old, to manage a suitable diet. If proper steps are taken, and a healthy, nutritional diet is adopted, not only can cases such as this one be avoided, but obesity as a whole can be lessened. Remember, people are not born obese, they become obese.