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To: tejek who wrote (619564)	7/15/2011 9:05:56 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575596

Ted, > When I say obese.....I mean a child who is close to being morbidly overweight. You never said that in your original response to me: Message 27492987 > Do you understand the difference between obesity and fat? Health professionals consider a BMI of 30 or greater to be "obese," a condition that defines 26% of Americans. "Morbidly obese" is a BMI of 40 or more, a condition that applies to 2% of American men and 4% of American women. Even then, "morbid obesity" isn't necessarily a death sentence, although severe health complications could result if ignored. So how do you tell parents to feed their kids more healthy food and get them to exercise more? Threaten to take the kids away if something isn't done? That's pretty draconian, don't you think? Besides, if you take a kid away from his parents and leave him in foster care, he's not going to be a happy camper. That might make him want to eat more, not less, especially if he uses food for comfort. Ever think of that "unintended consequence"? Tenchusatsu