An
Ohio third-grader weighing 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 8-year-old is
considered severely obese and at risk for diseases such as diabetes and
hypertension. The Ohio Health Department estimates more than 12% of
third-graders statewide are severely obese. The removal of the Cleveland
child is the first state officials can recall of a child being put in
foster care for a strictly weight-related issue. Lawyers for the mother
say the county is overreaching in taking the child. They say the medical
problems the boy is at risk for do not yet pose an imminent danger to
his health.
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