To Our Readers:
The overwhelming majority of you voted “yes” when asked whether you saw a role for state intervention and possible placement in protective custody of children with life-threatening obesity. We’d like to hear your thoughts about this issue …. For example, how long would you counsel the patient’s parents before you called child protective services? What’s your BMI cutoff? What are your concerns about the home into which an obese child might be placed, and the potential psychological fallout of being removed from home? And when is it “safe” for the child to return home?
For those of you who answered no, please tell us how you help children with life-threatening obesity short of considering removing them from their home?
Please send us your comments—just click here and type into the comments box. Thank you.
—The Editors
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