Social workers are weighing in and taking away children from parents

By Sophie Jane Evans

Obese children have been taken away by social workers after being overfed by their families, it has been revealed.
The super-size youngsters were placed in care across the UK amid fears their weight was wrecking their health.
One child had a Body Mass Index (BMI) measurement of 35 - the equivalent of a six-foot man weighing 19st.
It comes as an increasing number of parents give in to their children's cravings for unhealthy food - a phenomenon known as 'killing with kindness'
In the past year alone, five British children have been taken from their families because of overfeeding, according to a survey by the Sunday Express.
These include two in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, one in Oxfordshire, one in Salford, and one in Hounslow, London.
And the year before, five other obese youngsters were placed in care in Sheffield, Portsmouth, Lincolnshire, Slough and Harrow, London.
Professionals say families' gross over-eating can be one of the factors that leads to their children being taken into care.
A social worker told the Sunday Express: 'Only in extreme cases would we take a child into care just because of their weight as we would seek to work with the family to improve their eating habits.'
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