It can cause detrimental affects to a child's mental state in later years

what were the activities of those children though? did the ones who eat fast food just sit behind computers all day and did the teenagers who didn't exercise every second day? according to scientific processes this is not a fair test to produce accurate statistics

If you really think about it it is a persons option whether to purchase fast food or not. Many fast food joints are now having to supply healthy options. Plus it is not just due to fast food. If you look at modern culture it is focused about being behind a screen, not exercising. A unhealthy diet plus lack of exercise is causing obesity. Its not the fast food its the decisions made by the individual.

By allowing children to compete in child beauty pageants the legal document called the rights of the child are actually being infringed. You are stripping children of a childhood by dressing them up in outfits and making them be judged by strangers. There is also a risk that the children may receive mental damage from the image they are striving to active. There is a risk of harm thus it is in violation of the rights of the child act.

It also says in the rights of the child act that the rights of the child take precedence to the rights of the parent.

Children can receive poor body image from the body they are trying to achieve to win. This can lead to anorexia and other eating disorders. In the last 10 years there has been a 270% increase in the number of eating disorders diagnosed in America and in a recent poll 87% of participants said that they were for banning child beauty pageants!