Obese Children Navigate Minefield of Calories and Bad Ads

The obesity problem in the U.S. has two distinct parts. One has to do with adults, and in an earlier editorial we described ways to change the prevailing food environment to encourage grown-ups to eat less and better.

Now the trickier side of the equation: children, whose food world is shaped at home, at school and by the commercial media. It is imperative that we address this complicated ecosystem for a simple reason: Obese children usually grow up to be obese adults.