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Seager, Jeanne. "The 'Healthy' Birthday Party Is One Parenting Trend That Needs  to Disappear ... Now." The Stir. Ed. Tracy Odell. CMI Marketing Inc., 12  Feb. 2013. Web. 14 Feb. 2013. .

Description: Remember the rainbow cake or the crazy neon icing you used to decorate cookies at your 6 year old birthday party? Apparently those "unhealthy" foods are out of fashion, even at children's birthday parties. Lately, going healthy and organic has been very popular among the youth. This is a fantastic thing; especially with all the chemicals that are put in our foods now-a-days. But is it really necessary to only serve raw snacks and stuff the piñata with kale chips? Why can't we just let kids be kids? No pre-schooler would pick celery over a cupcake with cookie monster's face on it. According to Jeanne Seager, the latest health craze of eating healthy and going organic has finally trickled its way down to children's birthday parties. Cupcakes and cookies have been swapped with whole wheat crackers and raw vegetables. The moms who still throw the "traditional" birthday party are sometimes frowned upon and are put down b other mothers telling them, "how could they feed their children such things?"

Reaction: Also, it is important to feed kids "bad foods in moderation". They're going to eventually going to go to school, be teenagers, make and buy their own food when they're in college. Do they really think they'll be picking up the 100% organic no-glucose chips instead of the cheaper more attractively packaged Cheetos? The point is, some parents have taken "being healthy" too far. Let them have the pretty candies; just in moderation.(((

This article about the change from poorer kids being skinny to poorer kids being obese. The statistics from kids elementary schools kids shows that 12.3% of the poorest reception kids were obese, compared to 6.8% from the wealthiest backgrounds. The solution there trying to create is to making a healthier living society. Tam Fry said that The government has to be tougher and set limits to the salt, sugar and fat in foods. We are living in an obesogenic environment where it is harder to make healthier choices. Parents have to feed their children." She believes doing this would cut down the obesity level in both rich and poorer children.