Ohio puts 200-pound third-grader in foster care [View All]

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Source: Kansas City Star via AP

An Ohio third-grader who weighs more than 200 pounds has been taken from his family and placed into foster care after county social workers said his mother wasn't doing enough to control his weight.

The Plain Dealer reports ( http://bit.ly/t68M7D) that the Cleveland 8-year-old is considered severely obese and at risk for such diseases as diabetes and hypertension.

The case is the first state officials can recall of a child being put in foster care strictly for a weight-related issue.

Lawyers for the mother say the county overreached when authorities took the boy last week. They say the medical problems he is at risk for do not yet pose an imminent danger.




Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/11/27/3288807/ohio-puts-200-pound-third-grader.html

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I really don't know what to think about that. Abuse of power or neglect ?