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The truth is that is is simply a balance between calories taken in and calories burned. A kid who is on the cross country track team and who runs a good number of miles a day can eat all the junk food he wants and not gain an ounce..... but the kid who sits in front of a TV will not burn off those junk food calories fast enough.

I think you get the point of the article that it's a lack of activity that is the biggest contributor to obesity in children and adults. If one is sedentary and take in too many calories (which can come exclusively from non "junk" foods), they will gain weight. So it appears that it's a behavioral thing.

Unfortunately for the litigious, there is little money in suing yourself.

I have 3 kids. My twin daughters are much more active than my son. They swim almost every day in the summer. They play outside more than he does. He is a computer geek kid.

My son is very skinny. One of my twin daughters is a good weight. My other daughter is heavy. My daughters eat a lot more than my son. They always have. They want seconds on almost every meal.

My heavy daughter really put on weight one summer when she was about 3 or 4. She was just old enough to open the refrigerator, and I didn't figure out until later that she was going in and getting juice boxes drinking them and throwing them away. After a few months and a few pounds later, I found out and started keeping juice boxes in the garage.

I won't let my daughters eat seconds on high calorie food now. I tell them they can have seconds on vegetables and fruits.

My girls are both big. One of them is almost 8 and weighs 76 pounds. She's tall, and I hope she grows into her weight. I don't believe in a little girl dieting. I do think she eats too much candy and junk from parties, holidays, etc.

"I think you get the point of the article that it's a lack of activity that is the biggest contributor to obesity in children and adults. If one is sedentary and take in too many calories (which can come exclusively from non "junk" foods), they will gain weight. So it appears that it's a behavioral thing.Unfortunately for the litigious, there is little money in suing yourself."

You are right! Thats what I was trying to say... only you said it so much better! You are right about the law suits too. Perhaps its the attornies who are really pushing this one.