Many obese children do not even come close to acquire their daily intake value for fruits and vegetables. In her article "Raising fit kids in the fattening world-, Loecher quotes Dr. Melinda Sothern who states, "It's no coincidence that the same 2 decades that brought us soaring obesity rates also brought us [ ] the proliferation of fast-food restaurants, and the supersize' (2). It is a fact that parents no longer cook for their kids, but instead they drive them to a fast- food restaurant and buy them dinner. Unfortunately, these same parents fail to realize that they are slowly increasing the chance of their child becoming obese. .
Another factor that aids in the building of obesity is increase in food consumption. Even many schools have started to conform to this popular craze. Many schools serve meals which are very high in fat. In fact, many schools serve about 58% of the "Recommended Dietary Calories- in one day, which only leaves 42% for snacks and dinner (O'Beirne 1). These same schools also provide vending machines or alternative snacks for their students, and they continue to serve the same of amount of food. Kate O'Beirne, author of the article entitled "poor and Fat-, concluded that schools should make meals "smaller and simpler- if they are going to provide vending machines and other alternative snacks for their students (2). Fast-food companies also contribute to this factor in the aspect of the famous word "supersize-. They have managed to supersize every thing from drinks to kid meals. One author states that "He assigns part of the blame to fast-food outlets, arguing that they have super-sized us by super-sizing their portions- (O'Beirne). Today's kids no longer eat regular happy meals; instead they eat Mighty Kids meals and Big Kid meals. In these meals there is much more food, which also means more grease and more fat. "[According to the International Obesity Tack] Force, [t]wenty seven percent of 10 year-olds in the [U.