Obese child can stay with mother

In London, England, 8-year-old Conner McCreaddie weighs an overwhelming amount of 200 pounds. Which is four times the amount of the healthy weight for his age. Ever since he was a little kid, his mother let him eat freely in food choice and food quantity. Now, everyday he is dieing more and more. (Diseases.) So social workers met with him and his mom to discuss his eating habits. After the meeting, his mom still refused to feed him healthy foods, such as fruits and vegetables. His eating habits soon got so out of control that social workers and doctors started recommending putting a lock on the refrigerator. This attempt to help Conner failed, when his mom refused to put the lock. She also refused to let him go to a foster home till he loses weight. This made them go to meet again with the British social services and have a hearing. Conner was able to stay with his mom, only if he followed some rules on his eating. That first year, Conner lost 21 pounds from following the rules and he is willing to change. I thought that Conners mom didn’t care too much about him at first, but now that she realizes the consequences, she listens to the social workers. I am very happy for Conner that he is trying to change. The whole thing of Conner being 200 pounds grossed me out. This article used science to get Conner a better diet and the research they did for cures for him. This article also had to do with health.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/02/27/obese.child.reut/index.html