Does an overweight child equal an abusive parent?
This one leaves me flummoxed.
In the UK, it was reported that at least 7 Obese Kids were put into government care.
An Australian “obesity expert” is urging doctor’s to report obese children to child protection officers. This doctor wants to make parents sign “responsibility contracts” if their child is obese.
The Australian doctor says, “Take fat kids from parents“.
David Rogers, a spokesman for Britain’s Local Government Association claims that parents who allow their children to “eat too much” could be guilty of child neglect.
A columnist from the Orlando Sentinel says obesity is “aesthetically disgusting,” and wants being fat to be considered “socially unacceptable”.
A father, caught up in this craze, chained his daughter to her bed because he thought she was overweight so he tried to keep her from eating.
Councils in Scotland are warning that obese people will be barred from adopting “if their weight is seen as a risk to their long-term health”.
Morton M. Kondracke, Roll Call Executive Editor, thinks the President of the United States should, “help nation fight obesity epidemic“. Talk about discrimination…this guy fills the bill.
And so on it goes…
This is nothing more than a public call for more government regulation and intrusion into our lives, supposedly to “improve public health“. The sad truth is that there are massive amounts of money in this for government and politicians, and I fear it’s more about “following the money” than it is about “public health“.
I see more egotistical contempt amongst the above reports than I do compassion and I fear that this approach is going to prove disastrous.
Just as the smoking issue created division and derision amongst the people, so will obesity. Already people are getting prejudiced and reactionary when they see overweight or obese people – as if it isn’t difficult enough or hasn’t always been difficult to fight a weight problem, we should now embrace more hate and angst?
People are learning to eat better. Word HAS gotten out to urge people to practice healthier lifestyles – and personal physician’s know our issues far better than any elected official or governing body. Doesn’t it behoove every free citizen to be free to take control of their own health and weight concerns?
