Was Michelle Obama wrong for raising awareness about America’s children being overweight and using her experience with her own children as examples?

We all know that we have a larger overweight population now. I’m sure it has nothing to do with all of our unhealthy food choices or that healthy food is not easily accessible, tasty or inexpensive. I’m sure it also has nothing to do with the fact that physical education has been reduced in schools and that video games and televisions have been put in our kid’s rooms and not restricted. With all of the demands on working parents, who has time to think about cooking healthy meals over the stove or watching over their kids as they play outside? It may seem like I’m making excuses, but these are simply reasons that help to create a population full of vices that are more convenient than healthy.

There is the argument against Obama’s case that states that putting young children on diet’s could be harmful to their self-esteem and that is exactly what leads to eating disorders and complexes concerning body image. So what’s worse, overweight children or children that are obsessed with weight who also suffer negative emotional and physical consequences?

I can’t argue with the fact that America is bigger than ever. At the pool last summer, I recognized many children that seemed to be overweight and it seems the clothing departments for plus sizes keep expanding also. There is no doubt that we as Americans and our children are getting larger. The only question is if we should work to change it and if so, how?