“At least 25% of all Americans under age nineteen are overweight or obese,” states Greg Critser in his article “Too Much of a Good Thing” (Critser 161). In the article, which was printed in the Los Angeles Times in 2001, Critser proposes revising the way children eat in order to lower obesity rates in the United States. Some would say childhood obesity comes from ineffective parents. He says, however, parents should not be blamed for their children’s dietary permissiveness (161). The lack of pressure from parents to enforce healthy eating habits among their children stems from the notion that the dinner table should not become a battleground over food. The child may look to food for comfort and have a lifetime of disastrous eating behavior