Sunday, September 7, 2008

Taking Some Legal Action

Are parents to blame for childhood obesity in England? Is it truly neglect when their kid is not exercising for their own benefit? It's a different story in England. Kids are starting to get taken away because they're obese. The government thinks that they'll do better in keeping the kids a healthier weight but what about the children's feelings?

Fattest children to be taken away from their parents

By Nigel Morris Saturday, 16 August 2008

Dangerously overweight children will have to be taken from their parents and put into care because of Britain's worsening "obesity epidemic", council leaders have warned.

One million children will be clinically obese within four years on current trends, storing up future problems from heart disease, strokes, high blood pressure and diabetes. More...

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