I agree with you Kaleo. If the kid is morbidly obese and needs to lose weight for their health, then it's the parent who needs to make sure the kid eats right and exercises. Now, you can't always control what your kid eats - but if you're feeding them healthy food and making sure they exercise then there is no reason why they can't attain a healthier weight (even if they are sneaking snacks at school, friends houses, etc). This is assuming the cause of the obesity is overeating and a sedentary lifestyle and not some other medical condition.

If you starve your children, that's considered neglect. I don't see why stuffing your children to the point they are in serious danger, health-wise, should be any different. The main responsibility of a parent is to protect your children from danger. These days, the food we eat is dangerous, and parents should put quality of food over convenience in order to keep their child safe.

I'm sure everyone has witnessed at least one clueless mother in their life, brainlessly offering their INFANT child a baby bottle full of soda. It's people like these who need a serious intervention and some strict guidance to clean their acts up. If all else fails and the child is still in danger, then you lose your right to parent that child.

Nothing that causes harm to a child should be tolerated.

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If you have a fat kid or a fat animal you need to look at yourself. It is not good or healthy - you are setting your kid up for a slew of health, social, and behavioral problems.

You people really blow me away. You don't have the first idea of what you are talking about. Impressive...

The state also owns your body, your house, your labor, your childrens labor, your grandchildrens labor etc.

People that advocate for more statist programs (like "free" healthcare) be careful what you wish for. Once drunk on power over another there is no end to all of the "for your own good" programs a bloated gvernment can come up with.

its wrong.... to a certain extent. i voted.

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Okay, I'll bite. Why stop with policing other people's kids then? What about fat adults? Stupid adults? Ugly people?
People with bad breath? People that YOU don't like? Think of all the jobs you could create!!

Let's say your old lady is getting a little wide in the hips and you tell her, listen bitch drop a few pounds or the fat police are going to get a call. Hey that will fix her right?!! (SARCASM)

People that try to run other people's lives are the cause of most of the problems in the world.

I expect to be hearing more of dead cops and CPS if this law is enforced.

at the hands of who?!? fatty weeble wobble parents? letting your children smoke is illegal, letting them drink alchohol is illegal....both because its incredibly bad for thier developing bodies, because thier use is setting them up for hardship later in life. but by all means, crack open another bag of Frito's Earl.

i love my daughter and want her to have the healthiest, happiest life possible. fuck fat kids, fuck fat kids parents. anyone with a problem with that can eat a fat babys dick.

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Obese is considered 30 lbs and up. That means that if someone is 30lbs overweight they can be taken away. 30lbs can still be baby fat to a 10 year old. I knew a couple kids growing up that when they hit there teens they became skinny so should they still be taken away?

im not saying i agree with where the line is being drawn. but a line there must be, at some point enough is enough.

not to open a new can of worms, but if public healthcare goes thorough guess who gets to pay for all these fatties countless health problems? me and you, buddy.

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