it's called "child abuse" in my book.

obesity is a huge health problem , especially here in the US. it causes a multitude of other life-threatening health problems and poses a huge cost for the medical system..especially for patients who use the ERs as a private medical clinic.

to allow a child to eat whatever they want is abusing the child. sugar and fat are the worst things that children can have access to i grew up very poor and sweets were very rare. i realize now that my parents did the right thing by heaping on the vegetables..i was probably one of the few kids who "dug" cooked turnips. but my mother knew how to make vegetables taste great.

it pains me to think of the little boy that is imprisoned in that body and can't play and do the normal kid activities that other children taken for granted. the little boy that lives next door is overweight and when he tries to play basketball with the really active children, he ends up throwing himself down to the ground and crying.....he can't manuever around the other kids and he gets angry and hurt. (and he has a multitude of behavior problems anyway)

the DHS in New Mexico took a little girl from her parents, for a brief period, and returned her after the parents went to classes at the local hospital to learn how to feed her and what NOT to let her eat. in essence, they had to "earn" back the right to have the child in their home. she's now at a healthy weight. it made national news but the social agency stuck to their guns.