Summary Over the years, children become more and more obese, and many factors contribute to obesity, including societal, environmental, and even biological factors. This report focuses on parental influence on young elementary and preschool children's attitudes toward food. It looks at ways we can change and prevent obesity from a food consumption perspective. This report will also include current issues we face in society today regarding parental influences on children.Introduction1.0 BackgroundYoung children do not control their food intake, their parents do. This factor largely contributes to childhood obesity. Their parents need to know the fundamentals and requirements of food choices for their children. The Department of Social Services 2005 explains that young children have little control over their own food choices. Parents or guardians usually prepare and serve certain foods to their children. However, the child can sometimes have a choice by refusing what is offered to him. This is a problem since Moreno Aznar and Pigot et al. (2011) suggest that parents are blamed for their child's obesity, even though there are many social factors that make healthy living difficult. Weil (1977) suggested that some parents who overfed their children felt successful in their parenting and that adults who grew up according to this pattern had difficulty changing their own food consumption behavior (cited in Rotatori A F and Fox, R. 1989). The National Center for Medical and Health Research (2013) mentioned that overweight children are likely to be more overweight as adults if their parents... middle of paper ......olescent. New York: Springer. Retrieved from http://www.eblib.comNational Health and Medical Research Council, (2013)EAT FOR HEALTH, Australian Dietary Guidelines Summary Department of Health and Aging, retrieved from https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/_files_nhmrc/ publications/attachments/n55a_australian_dietary_guidelines_summary_131014.pdf O'dea, JA and Eriksen, MP (2010). Prevention of childhood obesity. Oxford [UK]: Oxford University Press. Rotatori AF and Fox, R. (1989). Obesity in children and youth: measurement, characteristics, causes and treatment. Springfield, III., USA: CC Thomas Taitz, LS & Wardley, BL (1989). Child nutrition manual. Oxford [England]: Oxford University Press.Who.int. (2014). WHO | Childhood overweight and obesity. [online] Retrieved from: http://www.who.int/dietphysicalactivity/childhood/en/ [Accessed: March 31 2014].