More about restricting liberties from the Huffington Post: It takes a village: Childhood obesity version

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marlene-schwartz-phd/childhood-obesity_b_2078866.html

Parents Can't Do It Alone: Everyone Is Responsible for Children's Health

Marlene Schwartz, Ph.D.Deputy Director for the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity, Yale University

"So what did parents say can be done to help them out? The majority of parents surveyed would like to see policies that restrict food advertising to children and adolescents on television. Parents also widely support a number of policy initiatives to help improve kids' eating habits, including strengthening nutrition standards for all foods sold in schools, including vending machines; banning advertising on school buses; and prohibiting unhealthy food marketing in schools. Parents would also like to see restrictions on other types of marketing, such as cartoon characters on food packages, toy giveaways and mobile and social media marketing (e.g., Facebook, Twitter). In fact, the majority of parents, regardless of political orientation, support all these policies."