My daughter is four years old, and my husband and I have been cutting fat and calories in our household for about three months now. My daughter still has hallowween candy left over and she almost never asks for it. Instead, she’s asking for yogurt, raisins and english muffins for snacks. She even works out with me sometimes, when I do my aerobics.

I think what iportion was getting at is the parents who count and restrict every mouthful their child eats while at home, so said child just goes out while at school and trades for lunch, buys Krispy Kreme dough nuts from band drives and shoplifts chocolate bars… the ‘forbidden’ becomes so tempting that much like anything else, kids will go out of their way to get/do something that they shouldn’t, simply because they know they shouldn’t. I personally remember doing a lot of things for the specific reason of knowing my parents would hate it (piercing my ears 7 times comes to mind immediately).

We all know damn well what makes us fat. There just isn’t an easy fix for it, that would still allow us to not have to practice any self control, so we keep looking for other reasons.