America's Obsession

America’s obsession has reached new heights. The weight obsession that we are confronted with every single day via magazine, internet, tv and movies, has finally made an impact on the youngest of our generations. I was wandering around Target today, one of my favorite pastimes. As I passed by the children’s section, I was trapped behind a slow moving family. Two little kids who couldn’t have been more than 6 years old were hurtling insults back and forth to each other. The big insult was calling each other fat, both children were lean in that never ending energetic way. I was horrified, to think that the youngest generation understood the negative connotation of what it meant to be called fat. They knew it was an insult and hurtful to say. What happened to the days when the worst insult of a 6 year old was dodo head or stupid head. Our adult obsession had reached epic proportions where even little children are concerned about their weight. Amazing.....................

Now I am not excused from this obsession. I too, participate in its guilt and unhealthy habits. The fad diets , vitamins and pills that promise to melt away the lbs, and me hoping that my body mirrors an image that society and the media has deemed acceptable and attractive. Anything to fit in single digit size. But seeing young children pick up on America’s lack of self esteem is heart breaking.