Are we killing them with kindness? What happens when blindness and limb loss become rampant due to diabetes? We need a bit of tough love.

I wish someone had encouraged me or my mother to take a hollistic approach to prevent me from being an overweight child and an obese teen.

They need to push the reality of obesity further. Fat parents tend to raise fat children. Should it be child abuse?

They should also make more shows like " Honey, We're Killing the Kids " because children are suffering and it can be so easily prevented.

Take note: The young lady gained confidence being who she is, and getting the opportunity to be in the ad, not from losing weight.

As an overweight child, I would have been more likely to admit I had a problem seeing other kids my age in the same position.

I don't want to encourage bullying, but I also want the obese kids to get healthy. Is there a way to do it without publicly shaming them?

they're going to have to tie this in with an anti-bully campaign.

Video games are responsible.

"National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance"...seriously? I never cease to be amazed.

I think too many kids don't care that they're fat because all their friends are fat. There is not as much peer pressure now.

But we don't really tell anyone how to fix it. Kids should be eating natural foods and little to no sugar. That should be the focus.

I think you are going to see more obese kids committing suicide. Find another way to help. Michelle Obama is not thin. This is ignorent

NAFA??!! WTF? While there are some health issues that cause overweight, generally it's weight that causes health issues. NAFA? No!

You are fat. If you can't stand people telling you that you're fat, maybe you should lose weight.

why are they so fat in the first place? is it all to blame on genes or just bad parenting?

Kids have far too much stress without being submitted to additiona cruelty, like the first line of this article, "pretty but overweight"!!!

Weight is a symptom of bad habits; it has nothing to do with the core problem. Junk food and sitting around cause illness, not fat itself.

"...a pretty but overweight..."

That phrase has never been seen before in the English language, and will never be seen again.

this is a good start, but doesnt go far enough. one of the reasons healthcare is so expensive is having to pay for all the morbidly obese.

It's kinda hard to strike the nerve with all that fat covering it up.

The sitigma of being overweight killed my self-confidence as a kid and an adult. I don't need someone pointing it out again.

They should be targeted at the parents.

You are missing the most important question.
Since when is it the government's or private industry's prerogative to dictate
what we eat?

genetic science has shown that weight is controlled by genes to the same degree as height. How can you tax someone on their genes?

Are they going to tax pregnant women for their expensive choices to have children? Yeah, didn't think so.

As someone that is recovering from Anorexia, We don't need to add more body image problems to this nation. This is not ok to me.

Those who care about there health should not have to cover expenses for those who live irresponsibily. Let them pay for it!

People who lead unhealthy life styles should get a tax rebate. !Shorter lives cost less

I will not submit to this tyranny.

Actually, I'm fine with it in regards to smoking, since that is totally a choice. Not so fine with the excessive weight,often not a choice

What a story that lady on Today has - you either have results or reasons why not - the fat tax is needed - stop eating & lose weight

Other businesses do the same. Check out large manufacturers, etc. They call it reduction for participation in a wellness program.

The smokers tried to warn you a few years ago when they went after them.Give them an inch, and next thing you know they want your donut.

This isn't any different from letting a child starve and those parents get charged with neglect

Most states would cover intervention for kid health. But fed food assistance encourages unhealthy eating. Parent ed should be first step.

Might be the parents can't afford healthier food, and are easily taken in by more affordable, though fattening, deals.

555 lbs? that is abuse that can & will lead to death. what do the parents weigh? what chance does this child have??

medical conditions can make a kid be more prone to being OVERWEIGHT but parents NEED to try to get kids active and healthy and work with dr

I think we need more facts to make judgement calls, maybe the mom needed help to help her son not accusations of abuse

I feel that some obesity is unavoidable. But there must be some medical reason that this child is so overly obese

Give parents a break. There are plenty of children out there who have slower metabolisms. Genetics.

There are many causes of obesity. Without all the facts (health issues, medications, special needs, etc.) it's not possible to generalize.