Fat parenting double standard Why isn't over-feeding your kids considered child abuse? If a child wasn't getting fed enough their parents would be investigated by Child Protective Services, but stuffing them full of junk food is totally fine.  Consider how screwed a kid is if their parents overfeed them; they become unable to tell whether or not they're hungry and eat constantly as a result, and they're deprived of the ability to perform most activities and sports as a result of their weight. Fat kids are effectively set up to continue becoming more obese, and yet all HAES activists cry about is the normalization of anorexia or whatnot.  Summary: screw parents that make their kids fat.