Here in the UK we're rapidly catching up with US obesity levels... not me personally I hasten to add... in the UK people have been prosecuted for animal cruelty by having hugely overweight dogs and banned from keeping animals but the law is much more lax regarding childcare. They're currently testing this poor fat kid to check whether there are any medical reasons he's so big rather than just a mother who continues to overfeed the kid with a bad diet compounded by too much food... it's the latter of course as whatever metabolic excuses are used, eating less is the answer... did you ever see a fat survivor from a WWW2 concentration camp?

Well, turns out that the kid has lost 20 lbs since the beginning of this year. I wonder about this though and the implications of the govt. taking away this child. This issue will come up more and more often in the near future I think - perhaps "fat" counseling for parents (as is being done with this case) -- then if not take the kids and have them taken care of for their own good.

No excuse for 200lbs at 8 years old, none.