If Your Kids Are Fat The State Will Put Them In Foster Care.

The state shouldn't be in the business of policing families for fat kids.

But, it will soon be coming to America under ObamaCare.
 
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There is medically documented evidence that addiction to food is a disease of the brain the same way addiction to any other substance is. CAT scans and MRI's have proven that people with eating disorders have abnormal brain activity when they are subjected to things like sugars.
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Not a disease. It may be called that so that the medical industry can convince people they need to treat it with expensive drugs, but it's not a disease. It's caused by VERY low levels of neurotransmitters. Seratonin, for example, is responsibile for regulating sweet cravings and balancing mood in the front part of the brain. Dopamine is responsible for "saying when" while eating; among other things. Low levels of both of these would show very abnormal brain activity with sugar as you said. You can imagine the impact that would have on one's weight. The body is screaming "Give me sweets!" and "I'm not going to tell you when to stop." It's no more a disease than scurvy which is a SYMPTOM of a vitamin C DEFICIENCY. Addiction to food or sweets is just a symptom of neurotransmitter deficiencies.

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Are you kidding me? Since when is "spaghetti bolognese and mince and potatoes" healthy food? All of these items are extremely poor food choices that contain extremely high levels of starch and/or saturated fats, that get converted into sugars in the human body. These social workers need to take a proper class on nutrition or biochemistry before they are ever allowed to evaluate another case like this. This is an abolutely sinful case of of abuse on the part of the state. The state set this family up for failure by subjecting them to foods that would guarantee they would be more likely to GAIN weight rather than lose weight and as a result they are going to have their children taken away forever. I don't think I've ever heard of a more disgraceful story in my life. [/B]
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Why not? Obese is a form of illness. If the parents are unwilling or unable to discipline or raise a healthy child, some one else should do.
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I think we have a statist in our midst.
 
People with addictions are still held accountable for their actions. If you get a DUI you go to jail: accountability, period. However, in this case the state fed these people foods that would guarantee they would not lose weight. They never even had a fighting chance. The obese people should be held accountable for feeding their children improper foods but the state is equally to blame for doing the exact same thing. There's no mention of a balance between healthy carbs, healthy fats, and healthy proteins -- the building blocks of life. These people were fed saturated fats and starch. That's a perfect recipe for obesity. This social program should be disbanded immediately.

For crying out loud, these people were allowed to feed their kids "sweets on weekends." That's like saying it's ok to be a weekend drunk but not during the week. Complete and total abstinence is the only way.

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Don't really feal like getting into a long debate about addiction since it usually goes around in circles, but...

I'm a smoker, when I light up a cigarette I'm sure I get abnormal brain activity (more than usual:) ) similar to other "addicts," but I take month long breaks from smoking all time time; to give my body a break, to prove that free-will still exists etc. (I'm not saying I quit "for good" and then start smoking again, I quit with the assumption I'll start again in the future)

I guess that's not normal for the typical smoker but addicts of everything - from heroine to ice cream - quit all the time. An illness is something you can not rid yourself by force of will alone; cancer is an illness, shoving a lot of food down your throat is not. If we head down the road of declaring everything a "mental illness" we eventually get to a place of scientific and social determinism.

Oh, you're 500 lbs, than the airline should be forced to give you 2 seats for the price of 1 - since its not your fault.

Oh, you have an addiction to stealing stuff, how can we arrest your for larceny - since its not your fault.

etc. etc. etc.
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As schizo said its the Daily Fail and they frequently manage to make the weather scandalous. Not sure what to make of this story though I have to add that for a local authority to take kids into care is a major step these days (it used to be much more common). The simple fact that the kids cannot participate in normal school activities due to size and weight pretty much says it all.
 
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