The DemoRats have accused Republicans of trying to cut school lunch programs for the "poor"... looks like we were doing those poor fat slobs a favor.
My scorn is not for the fat people depicted in this article; rather, my scorn is for all the skinny, busy-buddy liberals who look at poor people and focus on medical problems they may have...down the road. Liberals support the welfare system and oppose school vouchers, yet they worry if a seven year old is fat because someday she may get diabetes. I'm not saying it's healthy to be fat, just that there are more pressing problems for most poor people than their cholesterol.
The best thing would be to cut off many or all of the welfare programs, get them off their behinds and out working for a living. Taxpayers get hit twice --- we have to pay for their food and living expenses so they can lay around filling their faces --- then after their obesity has caused them health problems we have to provide free health care too.