Childhood obesity is a health epidemic affecting many children in this country today. Parents are the ones who give guidance and should work hard to teach their children healthy eating habits. Fast food companies use advertising and many other things to attract children; but at the end of the day, companies need to make money. So the blame game parents are using needs to stop. Fast food is not going anywhere and the parents should be the ones being held responsible for their children not fast food companies who have no relation to these children.
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