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Parents of seven told: "Your children are too fat, so you will never see them again"
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[quote:No-world-order:MV8xNjIzNzUyXzI2ODE2MTgzX0VFRUIzM0FG] [quote:Anonymous Coward 1439967:MV8xNjIzNzUyXzI2ODE2MDY2XzFDMDgwOTk=] I don't agree with this decision in any way. But all of us, as a culture, need to address the obesity issue. Our school has adopted a healthy foods agenda. All food has to meet certain requirements if it is to be served or sold at our school, including lunches and concession stands. We have also told parents that it is necessary for them to follow these rules when it comes to kids' parties. We started it last year, and some parents were so incensed. One parent even brought pizza and cupcakes to her kid's party in protest. Working a concession stand I got to hear the litany of complaints myself. And I agree that it IS up to the parents to decide what to do with their own children, undoubtedly. But as a school we are meant to educate and lead the way... None of us were really crazy about the idea, but it HAS made a huge difference. I had the privilege of seeing kids make healthier choices when they weren't constrained by rules. Our own children have requested skim milk to drink at home. (Ewww... :o)) When I was with my mom at the hospital earlier this summer, I could not believe the number of obese people who were there visiting family. I'm not talking pleasantly plump or chubby, I'm talking obese. The kind of obese that brought stares in the 80's. And the nurses? Same thing. I couldn't believe how many would fit into the extremely overweight category. I remember my own issues. I am still around the same weight I was in high school. I have a 10 pound range that I go back and forth in... I was considered chubby back in the day. Now I'm seen as skinny, bony even, and I assure you that I am not. So no, don't take the kids away. Don't close restaurants. Instead, get rid of all of the PROCESSED foods from our own lives. Cook with butter, not margarine! Use unbleached flour. Stop buying foods that are already prepared. It is really easy to make your own dinner, and I honestly think that is part of the problem. It is just too easy to eat what is already made... When you make it yourself it takes longer, and it tastes better, and thus diminishes the overeating that so often goes on... And GET ALL JUNK FOOD OUT OF YOUR HOUSE. Don't make it so easy. That way when you want junk food, you have to go out and get it... Keep fruit on hand instead. Simple things like this have kept me, my spouse and my children looking healthy. Sorry for the rant, but this saddens me so very much. [/quote] yes and it is thanks to a brit (jamie oliver) that your schools are now serving healthier food... yet here in britain this insanity is happening. by the way i agree with all you said except one thing...do not cook with butter, cook with olive oil... nice one! [/quote]
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Four obese children are on the brink of being permanently removed from their family by social workers after their parents failed to bring their weight under control.
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In the first case of its kind, their mother and father now face what they call the ‘unbearable’ likelihood of never seeing them again.
Their three daughters, aged 11, seven and one, and five-year-old son, will either be ‘fostered without contact’ or adopted.
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