I definitely agree - obesity reflects the food environment.

I wish I had written this piece!

Jacob Shelley presents the case for simplifying health policy by framing obesity as an accidental risk from a calorie-heavy food environment. Children learn to eat too much for their energy needs from parents and others who encourage over-consumption. Since when have you seen parents encouraging toddlers to move more?

www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2458-12-1042.pdf

And apparently, parents aren't very realistic about their toddlers' size anyway...

http://pcmlifestyle.com/2012/05/is-your-toddler-overweight-study-says-most-moms-cant-tell/
[Image credit: from the linked article "Is you toddler overweight?"]