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SHOULD PARENTS HAVE THEIR CHILD TAKEN AWAY IF THEY ARE MORBIDLY OBESE?

[+] ballot by ladyshanalyn
created Tue Feb 27, 07

Mother may lose custody of obese boy

By COURTNEY FRENCH, Associated Press Writer
Mon Feb 26, 3:51 PM ET

LONDON - Authorities are considering taking an 8-year-old boy who weighs 218 pounds into protective custody unless his mother improves his diet, officials said Monday.

Social service officials will meet with family members Tuesday to discuss the health of Connor McCreaddie, who weighs more than three times the average for his age.

"The worst case would be Connor getting taken into care. He is well cared for," the boy's mother, Nicola McKeown, told ITV television.

A spokeswoman for health officials in Wallsend, North Tyneside, 300 miles north of London, said the hearing was part of a process that could eventually lead to Connor being taken into protective care. She declined to comment further.

The health agencies organizing the meeting said they "have been working with the family over a prolonged period of time and will continue to do so."

Officials would not say whether Connor suffered from a medical condition that led to his obesity, citing privacy issues.

An unidentified health official was quoted as telling The Sunday Times that taking custody of Connor would be a last resort, but said the family had repeatedly failed to attend appointments with nurses, nutritionists and social workers.

"Child abuse is not just about hitting your children or sexually abusing them, it is also about neglect," the official was quoted as saying.

Dr. Colin Waine, the director of the National Obesity Forum in Nottingham, England, called Connor's lifestyle "extremely dangerous," adding he is at risk of developing diabetes in his early teens, and cardiovascular and nervous system problems in his 20s.

"He's really at risk of dying by the time he's 30," Waine said.

Dr. Michael Markiewicz, a pediatrician, agreed.

"I'm not saying they can't care for him, but what they are doing is through the way they are treating him and feeding him, they are slowly killing him," he said.

Connor's case attracted national attention after his mother allowed an ITV News crew to film his day-to-day life over the course of a month.

Connor's mother said he steals and hides food, frustrating her efforts to help him. He eats double or triple what a normal seven-year-old would have, she said.

"If I didn't give him enough at teatime then he would just go on at us all night for snacks and stuff," she told ITV.

Connor, who lives with his mother and sister, has difficulty dressing and washing himself, misses school regularly because of poor health, and is targeted by bullies.

"People pick on us because of my weight. They call us fat. It makes us feel sick of the nutters always shouting at us," Connor told ITV.

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No	5
They should have a obesity bootcamp	3
If they aren't helping the child or trying to get treatment	3

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I wanted to include a picture, I am going to try to find a way to post this photo.

by ladyshanalyn on Tue Feb 27, 07 4:53pm [+]

Voted : Yes
That's just *wrong*. You can't let a kid get that danged big.

by Truthseeker013 on Tue Feb 27, 07 5:09pm [+]

^ My 6 year old is just over 50 lbs, give or take a few. He eats a lot sometimes (during growth spurts). I wonder what this woman was giving her son to eat?

I remember Maury Povich having shows on obese 3 year olds... that was sum crazy stuff lol.

by ladyshanalyn on Tue Feb 27, 07 5:26pm [+]

Voted : Yes
What Truth said allowing you're kid to get that fat is child abuse.

by Corrupt on Tue Feb 27, 07 5:43pm [+]

Voted : Yes
Yes, same as corrupt said. She's slowly killing her child. It's no different than someone wacking their child on the head a few times every day. It will eventually kill them.

"..the family had repeatedly failed to attend appointments with nurses, nutritionists and social workers."

If she'd try a little harder in letting people help her, perhaps something could be done about the child sneaking off and eating himself to death. There's no excuse for her not attending those appointments. If for some reason she cannot make them (work, lack of transportation, etc..) all she has to do is let them know and they can pay her a home visit.

by Grumpy_Person on Tue Feb 27, 07 6:28pm [+]

Voted : Yes
Absolutely.

by ThisIsNate on Tue Feb 27, 07 6:34pm [+]

Voted : Yes
A little overweight, no. Morbidly obese to the point where they are suffering serious life threatening conditions? Perhaps, if they refuse to mend the situation in a reasonable manner, but I don't like the idea of taking peoples kids away in general, so they'd better make damned sure before they take anyone away.

by herzog on Tue Feb 27, 07 6:42pm [+]

My instinct says yes, for the health of the child.

However, this is on the edge of a very slippery slope indeed. Great caution is required.

by Doctordraw on Tue Feb 27, 07 7:34pm [+]

Voted : Yes
In this case, 218 lbs at 8 is too much. Way too much.

by skylab on Wed Feb 28, 07 1:13am [+]

defo child abuse. You wanna hear the mother talking. Thick isn't the word

by Chomsky on Wed Feb 28, 07 4:30am [+]

Voted : No
A child should never be taken from its parents unless it is being pysically ill treated, far from that this child is quite obviously loved, social services should be working closely with the family to help to educate this child and his parents on the dangers of obesety.
Ive seen the permanent psycological damage that is caused when a child is taken away from a parent

by minni_the_minx on Wed Feb 28, 07 7:13am [+]

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