Who is at fault for the obesity of children in today’s society? There is an ongoing debate about who is at faults; is it fast food companies or parents? Parents are at fault for childhood obesity due to their child’s inappropriate eating and poor exercising habits that are not monitored at home. Although some may argue that fast food industries are at fault due to the food that they serve, it is not the fast food companies who feed the children, it is the parents. If parents were to hear that they are the reason for their child’s obesity they might want to understand what it was that they did wrong. Little do these parents know that it’s not just in the fast food that they serve their children from the drive-thru, but also the food served at home. In 2002 a survey was taken by the Center for Public Health Advocacy which revealed some very shocking data. This data is shown in “The Battle against Fast Food Begins in the Home,” “26 percent of school children are overweight. More boys (32 percent) than girls (21 percent) are overweight. And more minorities than white people are overweight.” Another question we can ask is: Why would minorities be at of a greater risk, in comparison to everyone else in the general population? In the United States, obesity within minorities is increasing and the obesity rate continues to rise according to the National Center for Health Statistics. In the article “Minorities Are Hit the Hardest by the Obesity Crisis,” it states, “The current obesity rate of Mexican-American adults is about 41 percent, significantly higher than the overall national average of about 36 percent of Americans who are obese, which is considered as roughly 30 or more pounds over a healthy weight range, according to the NCHS special report on nutrition and chronic health conditions of Hispanics living in the U.S.” from a study taken on March 28th 2012. In addition, it is also stated that African-Americans have the highest obesity rates at almost 50 percent, according to the Office of Minority Health (OMH), a subdivision of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). If you want your child to be healthy all you need is common sense. “It doesn’t take a rocket scientist