NIMBY

There are too many crazies with too much money and too much time on their hands. Today's example is from the seemingly prestigious Harvard and Children's Hospital Boston. After extensive research these "scientists" have concluded that fast-food restaurants are causing obesity in children by deliberately placing their stores in close proximity to schools. Nonsense!

Now, I don't care if there's a Burger King or a McDonald's in the back yard of every home where children live, nobody is forcing them to eat there. Have we given up completely on self-control? What about parental control? Shouldn't a good mother or father be able to say, "Don't eat in that place in the back yard."

And of course, there's education. Maybe that plethora of schools which have a fast-food restaurant within spitting distance could stress proper nutrition and exert some pressure on the children to eat healthy.

In summary, the fast-food industry is not the cause of obesity, and the cure lies with 1) the young individual, 2) the parents of the young individual, and 3) the education of the young individual as given by the parents and reinforced by the schools.