Fit Dad Fat 'Soccer' Mom June 2010

Soccer Time - 6:30pm June 9th, 2010 - Fargo N.D. I sat down on the grass to watch my 7 yr old daughter play her 2nd soccer game. I am completely distracted instantly as I look to my left to watch this 2 yr old child chomping away on a Milk Chocolate Hershey Bar with a mere 210 calories, 8 grams of saturated fat! I tried so hard not to look at this boy's father who was sitting literally two feet away and actually quite trim and fit. You should know, that I truly am not a judgemental person. (At my heaviest I weighed 192 lbs - I will never judge a fat person however I will secretly pray for them and wonder if they are truly happy being fat!) Back to the game, my daughter is hustling to get the ball, she's good. I took another quick glance to see if the mom was fat, sure enough, of course, she was fat. Back to the game.. by this time, this boy was making all sorts of noises, I had to look again. In my mind I screamed " Are you FREAKING KIDDING ME?? This 2 yr old child is now holding a snack size bag of Cheetos (not baked) AND AND his Milk Chocolate Hersey Bar!! That's not all folks, he was holding the candy bar while digging in the bag for a Cheetos (190 calories per bag, 10 grams of fat) .. so now I am watching this child eat a Cheetos while holding and alternating bites of his Milk Chocolate Hershey Bar. Seriously, I was so livid inside - I could not even move. But wait, it gets better, there is more!! Dad decides little Jr. needs to wash down his Cheetos & Milk Chocolate Hershey Bar with, "well, what else? DIET COKE"!! Well of course by this time the soccer girls needed a water break. No shocker here, his 7 yr old sister comes trotting over.. all 100 lbs. (She is 7!) I was shaking my head in utter disgust. Yes I watched the parents of this boy feed him an entire chocolate bar, a bag of Cheetos and a 1/2 bottle of Diet Coke in less than 40 minutes. What should I have done? What would you have said or done? .. behind every FAT CHILD is a FAT PARENT.. Childhood Obesity - Preventable