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Ohio Removes 8-Year-Old Boy From Parents for Being Too Fat
Authorities in Ohio, last week, determined that an overweight (unnamed) 8-year-old boy was too fat, so they took him away from his parents in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Officials told the parents that they were not controlling his weight well enough.
The boy was reportedly over 200 pounds, well into the severely obese category, according to Cleveland Plain Dealer. That extra weight puts people at risk for diabetes, hypertension and other weight-related disorders, doctors say.
The state’s Department of Children and Family Services insisted that the third grader was being neglected, and that his mother was not following doctors’ orders to control his weight.
The family’s lawyer disagrees, claiming that the state is overstepped its role in taking the boy, and that his health risk factors do not pose an imminent threat.
Over 12 percent of children in Ohio are obese, the Cleveland Plain Dealer noted. The third grader is the first child in Ohio to be taken from his parents for being overweight.
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Yes, if your child is
Yes, if your child is overweight or obese, he or she is more likely to develop not only serious health problems, but also be affected by many psychological damages that children and adolescents with weight problems often suffer from. Low self-esteem, discrimination and isolation in connection with obesity can be just as devastating as the physical aspects. Parents would do well to provide moral support to their children to help resolve and/or avoid such problems.
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Obesity and over weight in
Obesity and over weight in children is very serious problem in present situation and large number of children have serious health problems because of over weight. I thing parents should need to take care of there child and do regular council and provide mental help to there children and monitor there activity.
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Taking child from there
Taking child from there parents really is extreme or maybe making a law or enforcement with parents obesity or the like.
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An eight year old who is that
An eight year old who is that much overweight is guaranteed to have some very long term health problems unless the problem is corrected now. This is no different than parents refusing to seek treatment for a life threatening disease.
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It's true that some terrible
It's true that some terrible junk is put into heavily processed foods. But, by a very long way, the main cause of obesity is a surplus of calories over a long period of time. Or to put it another way, a combination of too much high-calorie food and too little calorie-burning exercise over many years. You can talk about things like food additives and genetics all you you like, but if you want to lose weight, the main thing you need to do is consider this simple equation:
Obesity = (calories in - calories out) X time
To get to a healthy weight, the only effective method is to reduce your calorie intake (smaller portions of healthier foods) and increase your calorie output (exercise). Ask any doctor, dietician, gym instructor or sports coach.
Taking a child into care
Taking a child into care seems quite extreme, unless every reasonable means of forcing his parents to take proper care of him had been tried without success. However, if his parents are incapable/unwilling to control his weight, the state owes it to the child to intervene in his best interests.