Doctors now say overfeeding children should be considered a form of child abuse. It is bad in the United States and in Europe Britain rates the worst for child obesity. A doctor spoke of a child abuse obesity story saying in one case a 10 year old girl could walk only a few yards with a stick. He also said he felt her parents were "killing her slowly" with her high fat diet of chips and food, clearly child abuse in his opinion. Doctors all over are calling for a change in attitude as well as diet and nutrition habits. Parents need to have the right information and understanding of what they are doing to their children and then do the right thing for them.