I would think this whole ‘obesity prevention’ movement would be a ripe field for your type of ‘prove it’ attitude.

Here, we have literally millions upon millions of dollars invested in obesity prevention programs that, according the report you cited, don’t actually do anything to prevent obesity. Their ‘results’ are mostly political posturing. They cannot point to ANY results in preventing obesity. They seem to be only interesting in continuing the programs, based on a lot of hand-waving and magical thinking.

(Please point to ANY data in those reports showing ANY results in preventing or reversing obesity — and not pretend, surrogate markers for political expediency. Do any of these programs work? Are they any better than ‘miracle’ cures for weight loss shown in infomercials? This is a prime opportunity to expose if there is ANY data to show that these high-cost measures actually do anything.

Sort of the same thing you rail against with food manufacturers and others making spurious claims, SHOW ME THE DATA.

I say you should make these ‘programs’ demonstrate that they are in fact, preventing or curbing obesity. Changing habits and attitudes and all sorts of other ‘pretend’ measures don’t count.

They’re doing what the weight-loss hucksters have been hustling for years.

That said, it is much more difficult than it should be to educate my kids [because they are constantly bombarded with misinformation from 'experts'] and the advertising is relentless. And don’t get me started on the amount of crap that comes into my kids’ classrooms, always by well-meaning parents or teachers…

I realize that it is my responsibility to say no, but should the ice cream truck be allowed to park right outside the school door every day? At what point is it unreasonable to ask for some cooperation in keeping my kids healthy?