Children's Health & Fitness ? Child Obesity Becoming A Legal ...

May 8th, 2012 by Len Saunders

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In October 2011, an 8-year-old Cleveland Heights, Ohio, boy was taken away from his mother and placed with a foster family because he weighed more than 200 pounds. The action came after officials in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, who worked with the boy?s mother for more than a year, decided she was neglecting her child by allowing him to become morbidly obese.

This incident is not isolated, but is part of a growing trend fueling the debate over whether parents of an extremely obese child should lose custody for not controlling the child?s weight.

According to recent statistics, approximately 17% (12.5 million) of children and adolescents aged 2 to 19 years are obese. Since 1980, obesity prevalence among children and adolescents has almost tripled. Obese children are at an increased risk for developing such diseases as diabetes, hypertension, and liver problems. Given the health risks, obesity has become a national concern that many say is a top threat to public health. Some consider state intervention a drastic, but necessary, means to protecting the lives of obese children.

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