Putting 7-year-old on a diet: Responsible, or reprehensible?

Putting 7-year-old on a diet: Responsible, or reprehensible?


I am sure that the mother means well, specially because the pediatrician said that the child is obese, however... withholding food is not the correct way to go about this. 
There are healthier and better ways to insure that your child is healthy!!!  Exercise anyone!!!  Fruits!!! 

We have a very big issue in our culture:  Obesity! 
We have become obsessed with the way we look, "do those pants make my butt look big?"
The pressure to be skinny is very high, and sometimes people will take drastic measures to get there.  Therefore it is not surprising that eating disorders are so prevalent in our society,.... specially if you are a female.

Even when we try to promote healthy behavior, such as joining a gym to get regular physical activity, we still manage to send the wrong message.
"join the gym to lose weight!"   "join now to get a beach body!"   "to lose pregnancy weight!"   "to wear size 6!"  "to feel sexy!"

Instead we should be saying:
"join the gym to live longer!"  "to breathe better!"   "to not have a heart attack!"   "to have lower cholesterol!"   "to help with your blood pressure!"    "to be able to go up the stairs!"     "join the gym to be HEALTHIER!!!!"