Bettina Eilas Siegel, proprietor of The Lunch Tray blog, also addresses — quite well— Kathleen Parker's Washington Post op-ed about how family leadership is the route of salvation from the epidemic of obesity.

One commonality I note is that we both agree that family involvement is necessary but neither of us thinks it is sufficient. Our prescription is multifaceted.

This distinguishes us from Parker and those like her who put forth single-celled solutions to complex problems. In this instance, "family" and "personal responsibility" are all we need. Similarly, governmental meddling is all we need to avoid.

As a recovering addict, I have wryly noted for some time that the form of that thinking is very similar to addicts' mentality: black-and-white, all-or-nothing. 

This interests me because I explain a significant portion of obesity as being the result of food addiction. And those who scoff at such an idea often mimic addict thinking in their critiques. 

That's just funny.

(BTW: I am not saying, and never say, that someone is an addict, and especially, I am not saying anyone with whom I disagree in this debate is an addict. And while I'm disclaiming: This is my opinion; I never discussed it with Siegel.)