Balance of Food

Does banning cupcakes solve childhood obesity and Type 2 diabetes? Not likely, but it was fun to watch "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" take on the subject. Reporter Rob Riggle pretends he's a doctor in the report. Huntington, NY is battling over whether to ban cupcakes. But the funny part comes from an "expert." Meme Roth, public health advocate, says in the piece that cupcakes are killing our children, and equates antifreeze with cupcakes. She agrees that eating a cupcake is like putting a gun in your mouth. Moderation, "chastised" in the segment, is the actual solution. Banning cupcakes only makes them more enticing (it's the American way). Besides, cupcakes taste good.