Gail K. Shuler M.D. has a lot to answer for this.
>On Jul 21, 5:48 am, ironjustice <teamtan...@hotmail.com> wrote: crime
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>Pigging out .. that is the .. problem.
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>Overfeeding Your Child May be Considered a Crime
>Tuesday, July 29, 2008 by: David Gutierrez | Key concepts: overweight,
>obesity and child protection
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>(NaturalNews) Obesity was a factor in up to two dozen child protection
>cases in the United Kingdom in 2007, according to an investigation
>conducted by the BBC.
>
>The BBC cites this as only part of a growing trend toward the
>stigmatization of the overweight and obese.
>
>"When we first started talking about obesity as a problem, it was very
>hard to be heard," said Dr Ian Campbell of the nonprofit Weight
>Concern. "Now the pendulum has swung too far the other way -- we hear
>nothing but. And the net result is that the kind of moralizing the
>obese and overweight have always suffered has somehow become
>institutionalized."
>
>On the one hand, some health professionals have said that overfeeding
>children is tantamount to child abuse. Overweight children are more
>likely to develop childhood diabetes, high blood pressure, high
>cholesterol and other problems that more typically develop later in
>age. They are also more likely to grow into obese adults, and are thus
>at a higher risk of adult heart disease, diabetes, various cancers and
>other health problems that lead to earlier death.
>
>These were among the reasons that led British child protection
>officials to threaten to take an obese boy away from his mother in
>early 2007. He was eventually allowed to remain.
>
>As part of the same trend, at least eight National Health Service
>trusts in the United Kingdom have introduced bans or restrictions on
>providing non-urgent surgery to those who are overweight. The trusts
>argue that patients with a lower body weight recover better and are
>more likely to have successful operations. But critics accuse the
>health industry of simply using the overweight as a convenient way to
>cut costs.
>
>"This is really about resources," said Colin Waine, chair of the
>National Obesity Forum. "You can't argue that denying a hip-and-knee
>operation to an obese person is in their interests, as it may well be
>the inability to walk about and exercise which is making their
>problems worse."
>
>Who loves ya.
>Tom
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>Jesus Was A Vegetarian!
>http://tinyurl.com/2r2nkh
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>Man Is A Herbivore!
>http://tinyurl.com/4rq595
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>DEAD PEOPLE WALKING
>http://tinyurl.com/zk9fk
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>> ANZHP symposium: Obesity - should there be a law against it?
>> (Edited by Roger Magnusson (Coordinator))http://www.anzhealthpolicy.com/articles/theme-series.asp?series=1743-...
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>> Editorial
>> Obesity: should there be a law against it? Introduction to a symposium
>> Roger S Magnusson
>>
>> Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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>> Australia and New Zealand Health Policy 2008, 5:9doi:
>> 10.1186/1743-8462-5-9
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>> Published: 5 June 2008
>>
>> Abstract
>> The rapid rise in rates of overweight and obesity among adults and
>> children in Australia and New Zealand has intensified debate about the
>> most effective policies for obesity prevention. Law has much to
>> contribute to this policy discussion, although its role is often
>> misunderstood. The articles in this symposium follow on from a
>> conference hosted in September 2006 by the Centre for Health
>> Governance, Law & Ethics in the Faculty of Law, University of Sydney,
>> titled: Obesity: should there be a law against it? In different ways,
>> these articles provide a variety of perspectives on regulatory
>> responses to obesity, including theoretical justifications for a legal
>> approach, conceptual models that assist in making sense of law's role,
>> as well as specific legal strategies for obesity prevention in various
>> settings.
>>
>> Who loves ya.
>> Tom
>>
>> Jesus Was A Vegetarian!http://tinyurl.com/2r2nkh
>>
>> Man Is A Herbivore!http://tinyurl.com/4rq595
>>
>> DEAD PEOPLE WALKINGhttp://tinyurl.com/zk9fk
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