Did you realize that your child is obese? Research says one out of two children is the world is overweight.

Nilesh (name changed) is a 5 year old boy from Mulund who is overweight. His father works in a multi-national and his mother leaves home early for her bank job. So daddy dearest has no time or perhaps the inclination to prepare a healthy snack for the lunch box.

Nilesh and his elder sister Rekha have forever been on burgers, chips and other fat inducing food including soft drinks.

And it was only when the children flunked the Physical Training examination in school and the parents were informed during the Parent Teacher's meeting, the parents felt the need to change the food habits. But was it too late?

As Wendel Berry once said and I quote, "The food industry pays no attention to our health & the health industry pays no attention to food"

The problem with Nilesh's parents was that they relied on the constant barrage of television commercials to quick fix the issue. The food industry is advising us what to eat through advertisements, but this kind of food is far from keeping us healthy.

The money they spend on these processed foods could have easily gone in hiring a cook to make a healthy snack for their child.

So Nilesh's parents took him to the doctor. And what did the doctor who has to cater to hundreds of patients' daily, do?

This health industry henchman prescribed medicine instead of telling them how to take care of Nilesh and his sister in a natural way.

Are quick but temporary remedy providing allopathic drugs to blame or overzealous marketing representatives of pharmaceutical companies at fault?

Let us get to the brass tacks.

Writer of this article is a renowned Bollywood actress and dietician