If fat is the new tobacco why do parents take their kids to junk food places &why do they call it a "treat"

Answer 1

This is a very good question...hmmm....I would have to say...Many parents are still unaware of the dangerous health risks junk food carry as food adverts have become highly persuasive due to the business competitive world we live in.
Some businesses are welling to brand food as being healthy even though they contain loads of e numbers and sugar. Healthy food has even been deemed as being boring and tasteless, and junk food has apparently made up for it. As for the use of the word "treat" - many parents like to spoil their children not realising in the long run their killing their child.

Answer 2

To some it really is a treat... Take going to Dairy Queen as an example. I can't make a Monster cookie blast at home (I don't have the ingredients) so it's a treat to me. But I only have one every now and then so I'm not overweight.

Some parents get lazy and feed their kids that all the time. To some others it's the closest thing around. Some major grocery stores don't open in low-income areas, and if the people living there don't have a car, they might go to fast-food places that are usually closer.

Answer 3

The parents probably were raised on a fast food diet, and don't know any better. Maybe some nutritional education is in order.

Answer 4

have you ever watched "maury" and his fat kids segment? its like those parents, an occasional trip to mcdonalds as parents put it will not hurt the kids but over time these occasional trips build up and make the kids fat along with that 1 piece of pie or a hand ful of chips and god all that soda

Answer 5

You need to read Fast Food Nation. We has this same discussion in my English and Psycology classes. Good subject. Read that book. You'll get a good outlook on it...

Answer 6

Because the parents are too lazy to do otherwise.

Answer 7

It would certainly appear so.