Fat kid at the park made me so sad/mad. How do we fix the fat children problem? Was jogging laps in the park the other day and saw a bunch of kids playing and whatnot in the playground area. There's about five of them total, four regular sized and one mini-moon. I'm guessing they were all about 4 to 5 years old. Anyway, each time I pass them, I notice that the fat one can't keep up with the others. She kept trying but whenever they'd run toward something or start climbing the playground equipment, she lagged behind, took breaks to breathe heavy, just looked unwell. She kept trying though and was laughing and seemed like she wanted to keep up but just couldn't because she had to keep stopping. Again, this is a 5 year old taking breathing breaks at the fucking playground. I had bad asthma as a kid and I never even had to take breaks like that.  It made me rage. This little girl has no idea why she can't keep up with her friends and can't even play like a normal kid because her asshole parents can't stop feeding her.  How do we fix this? How do we get childhood obesity classed as neglect/abuse? Because that's essentially what it is. If you're feeding your child to the point that they're effectively disabled, how is that not abuse?