Apart from the plethora of health risks associated with overweight or obesity, people generally dislike being referred to as fat. This is for many reasons cutting across a number of factors from unattractive physique, to clothings not fitting nicely, to general social stigma, to paying for two as a passenger, to limited spousal options and the list is endless.

First of all, let's agree on one truth, slimming down or shedding one's weight is one of the most nigh impossible tasks an individual could embark on.

It is therefore true that it is better to avoid overweight than try to cure it. Which leads us to the moral of the story.

Having done a close and careful observation, it turned out that contrary to popular belief that obesity is self inflicted, parents are more often the culprits than the sufferer himself.

Most obesity cases began at childhood. But became irreversible at adulthood because the parents failed to nip it in the bud.

Most parents carried away in the bid to show love and care to their offsprings find themselves over feeding their offsprings or maybe they let the children over feed due to inadequate supervision.

This is therefore a call on all young parents and intending parents to start watching their kids' weight for them. This will save the child a life time of pains and regret.

The over pamper and indulgence actually going beyond the food and touches on child discipline but that is a discussion for another day.

My closing remarks will therefore be.. love without discipline will destroy your child and they may later hate you for it

U are very spot on.

You see parents spoiling their kids with chocolate bars, candies, carbonated drink, ice cream, unhealthy snacks,indomie, shawarma etc. They will now swell up in front of a TV screen watching Nickelodeon or some other bullshits. No exercise, no good and healthy foods to eat. It is so appalling.