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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS
The mother is also overweight. She showed her refrigerator and there was health food in there. Perhaps because she ditched the junk food for the interview and stocked up on health foods.
There's an actual illness that causes people to overeat so I don't know if child abuse accusations would hold.
They showed the little girl waddling around and trying to sit up--even gave slow motion effects. Her face was distorted due to her weight. Very sad but, I have admit, also grotesque looking. Sympathy and shock is the effect the media was probably going for.
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Disability or no, that mother is not a fit parent (at least judging by the information presented here). That kid needs to go into protective custody.
I'm sure that with proper counseling, etc., mom could be educated on how to provide for her child, but currently, the kid is facing a lifetime of disability because of what mother allows it to consume.
The situation should not have been allowed to become this serious. In a society where parents are reported to human services for underweight kids, don't you think grotesquely overweight kids merit the same children as they are being exposed to similar risks?
In the UK, it seems that they agree with me FWIW.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1774
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