The article “The role of parents in the prevention of childhood obesity” from The Future of Children, Vol. 16 No. 1, Childhood Obesity, authors Ana C. Lindsey, Katarina M. Sussner, Juhee Kim, and Steven Gortmaker collaborated to write this article published by Princeton University. The authors have made appropriate use of the article's footnotes to direct the reader to key points and the origin of the information. In this article, the authors come together to explain the importance of how a parent's role in their child's life can prevent and correct one of the nation's biggest problems: obesity. The article discusses the multiple options parents have to prevent and correct childhood obesity in their family. Several programs and studies have been created that include how a child's nutritional habits are affected by how their parents eat, the child's growth and nutritional habits, and ways to decrease activities that prevent physical activities and promote unhealthy eating habits, for example watching television. Some programs such as WIC, Planet Health, CATCH and GEMS as well as many other successful programs were mentioned in the article. The authors present the root of the problem, childhood obesity, and effectively present ways to solve and prevent the problem. The authors take a chronological approach to the article, which is beneficial for this particular topic. They begin the article by emphasizing the importance of parents' role in preventing and correcting childhood obesity. The authors go back to the gestation period by including an entire section devoted to the issue entitled “Gestation and childhood”, then delve deeper into the link between “Parental activity and the ...... middle of the article . ......as essential to the solutions presented towards the close of the article. The authors constructed the article in a way to explain how the reader could prevent childhood obesity from the beginning and progress to even more complicated situations as the child develops. In the article on parental participation, various studies and results, as well as several programs were proposed to the reader to prevent and/or correct childhood obesity. The article was well written, cited appropriately, and presented key topics to address the theme. The authors provided a solid and concise approach to concerns related to childhood obesity. Works Cited Lindsay, Ana C., Katarina M. Sussner, Juhee Kim, and Steven Lawrence Gortmaker. “The role of parents in preventing childhood obesity.” Children's Futures 16.1 (2006): 169-86. Print.