Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Child Obesity Custody Case Highlights Issue of Children's Best Interests

Child Obesity Custody Case Highlights Issue of Children's Best Interests

A South Carolina case recently made headlines when a mother lost custody of her teenage son because he had become morbidly obese. The 14-year-old weighed 555 pounds when he was taken from his mother by state authorities.

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  1. Anonymous2:06 PM

    Isnt this the same case where geneticist discovered a dna deletion (a gentic ,alfunction ). I know one of the obese children cases were.

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