Salt Sugar Fat Research Paper

Childhood obesity has swept America up from under its feet. However, the fall of the blame of this epidemic still remains unclear. The role of parents in children’s healthy eating habits comes down to what food they are buying to put on the table, how much time they are willing to put into preparing healthy meals, and how well they educate their children on nutritious value. Alongside the parents, the role of the government in children’s healthy eating habits is in marketing, advertisement, federal policies in pricing, and the regulation of food served in a child’s school cafeteria. I had never really focused on or considered this issue until after reading Salt, Sugar, Fat by Michael Moss. Who is to be held responsible for this obesity epidemic is something that has long since remained controversial, and is a topic I desire to write my final research paper on.
The role our government plays in this controversy is extremely insignificant. They can allow food companies to advertise and target children as much as they want, but at the end of the day it really comes down to what foods the parents are placing on the table. The number of parents beginning to push the blame of childhood obesity off onto the government is rather concerning, simply because they are too lazy to do anything about it. One day I wish to have a family of my own, and I am going to make it my own responsibility to ensure they are healthy and educated on the foods they should or should not be