In the Netherlands, it are mostly kids with lower educated parents who are overweight. I often believe that many kids eat what the parents eat. If a parent doesn't take care for his/her own nutrition,they would probably also not do this for their child.
One thing I noticed in some other countries is that they like to give kids as young as 1 year old a lot of sweets because they like it. Their teeth turn black before they are even one year old. That would be Child abuse in holland I believe, but I never heard the same opinion about overweighted kids.
I think so too and it shows.
It would be abuse in Finland too I think - most of Europe I would assume. But you know, overweight kids are privileged, they have food, just think about all the starving... any excuse not to face the truth that it is negative, preventable and shouldn't be a factor in this world, knowing what we know.