Summary Of Too Much Of A Good Thing By Greg Critser

There has been a loss of control over the amount of food children are consuming at a young age and the parents are to blame, according to Greg Critser in his article Too Much of a Good Thing. Throughout his article, he speaks for "dietary restraint" in childhood and early adolescents (Critser 161). Critser believes there has been a lack of education for parents (161). There has been failure to alter their children 's eating patterns at the dinner table and a scarcity of knowledge in beginning their kid 's lives with healthier serving sizes and choices based on the child 's needs (161). Although parents might disagree with statements such as, "kids have the right to make bad nutrition decisions" or "kids just know when they are full," he questions their wisdom and know-how of the children 's limitations based on the nutritional scholar Barbara Rolls ' research (161-162). Critser effectively expresses the importance of adults controlling children 's portions and nutritional choices, kids not knowing when to stop eating when full, and a possible solution for America based off of the French in the 1900 's by discovering reliable research to back up his statements and conveying logical

One of the rules the French have set in their households is that there are three meals a day with a scarcity of second helpings or even snacks (“French Eating Habits”). Both articles believe that children’s meals should be looked over by their parents to set habits that will lead to a leaner lifestyle as adults (Crister 162, “French Eating Habits”). According to “French Eating Habits,” only about 15% of adults in France were obese by 2012. However, “25% of all Americans under age nineteen are overweight or obese,” which speaks for itself (Crister 161). Crister thinks America could take a hint from the French, when it comes to food, “Eating too much food is a bad thing”