"there’s a pretty good chance your kid is fat, or is going to be, and you won’t know what to do about it"

http://sports.nationalpost.com/2012/10/27/obesity-epidemic-starts-to-take-toll-on-canadas-olympic-program/

Obesity epidemic starts to take toll on Canada’s Olympic program

Cam Cole | Oct 27, 2012 9:30 AM ET

At the tip of the Canadian Olympic pyramid, where our elite athletes perform, they can feel the foundation crumbling beneath them.

The base of the pyramid is narrowing, and the statistical probability is that the peak will sink lower. Enrollment in grassroots sports programs is shrinking. There are fewer and fewer active children and so, logically — though it’s far from the worst consequence of this trend — fewer candidates to enter the Olympic stream.

What’s it to you?

Well, for starters, there’s a pretty good chance your kid is fat, or is going to be, and you won’t know what to do about it.

For the first time in modern history, North American children — maybe yours among them — are not expected to live as long as their parents, and it’s no great mystery why that is.