http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Family/Modern-Parenthood/2012/0910/Childhood-obesity-Having-The-Talk-with-kids-can-head-off-trouble

Childhood obesity: Having "The Talk" with kids can head off trouble

Childhood obesity, studies show, is perhaps harder for parents to have "The Talk" about with their kids than it is to have "The Talk" about sex and drugs. But it does work, if parents walk their talk.

"This latest push to fight obesity comes about a year after Children’s controversial ad campaign featuring black-and-white photos of obese children on billboards with messages such as: “Being fat takes the fun out of being a kid” and “It’s hard to be a little girl if you’re not.” Walsh said the campaign was designed to help people realize – albeit in dramatic fashion – that childhood obesity is a crisis."