Over weight in America

We have so many Americans over weight due to our changing world. No longer do parents have to fix a nutritional meal when this country is flooded with easy, quick, and affordable fast foods. No longer do parents have to pay attention to their children when they are given access to the latest technology like: cell phones (when text messaging took over for person to person interaction), wii video game, ipods, TV, etc.
All of these things are making our children obese and they continue to get bigger, and bigger and bigger. It's nothing wrong with having these things as long as we are using them in moderation. I think we need to get back to the basic where parents play with there children, give chores to the kids to teach them responsibility, show them how to eat the right foods to stay healthy, take family trips and do fun activities to get everybody moving. By doing some of these ideas will start you and your family to being healthy.