Is Child Obesity Child Abuse????

A friend of mine recently sent me this twitter blog, and I thought I would Pass it along>>
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I posted it to another group and got this response from Karl>>>
 I have always thought it was! (meaning obesity)

So I replied>>
And I am sure the Child Protective Agencies would like everyone to think that it should be??  But here is an interesting article I found, and I have included a Paragraph from it. Link: http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/29/3/342
"This issue describes root causes of this pathology and offers prescriptions for a healthier future for our kids. The causes start, as David Wallinga writes, with an agricultural policy that has spurred production of cheap sugars and refined grains while doing little to encourage production of fruit and vegetables. Overall, inflation-adjusted food prices have been fallingâ€"except for fruit and vegetables, whose real prices rose 17 percent from 1997 to 2003, reports John Cawley. "

This sorta goes along with my theory "Thank You so much McDonalds for your dollar$  meals!!"
Hey, I am not trying to make excuses for being overweight, but it is so tempting to get those cheaper meals every day...
May You find Strength in your Higher Power,
GranPa Chuck