"I still feel like a fat kid, even though I'm not anymore, " he said.

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They seem to have forgotten that getting laughs is the fat kid's revenge on the brawny bully, not becoming him.

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Well, OK. I had a terrible and traumatic time in the Boy Scouts and I saw firsthand what it was like to be the subject of discrimination - if you will - in my troop, where it wasn't so much that I was Asian but just sort of like a fat kid with glasses.

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With billions spent in advertising high-fat, sugary foods to children, it's no wonder parents have to take a kid outside for a good talking-to to persuade them to eat the healthy stuff.

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