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Scottish Officials May Take Four Obese Kids Into Custody
Published December 09, 2016
AURORA, CO - NOVEMBER 20: A child takes a plate of healthy snacks during the Shapedown program for overweight adolescents and children on November 20, 2010 in Aurora, Colorado. The 10-week family-centered program held by the Denver area Children's Hospital teaches youth and their parents ways to lead a healthier more active lifestyle, as a longer lasting weight-loss alternative to dieting. Nationally, some 15 percent of children are overweight or obese, as are some 60 percent of adults. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) (2010 Getty Images)
A family in the UK may lose their children after warnings to help them slim down apparently failed.
The children are aged one to 11. The parents are obese and have three older children who are also heavy.
For the past two years, the family has lived in government housing and had their eating habits scrutinized.
Last week, officials in Dundee told the family their four youngest children could be taken into foster care or adopted. A government spokesman said they would act in the children's best interests.
In the U.S., there have been several cases where obese children have been taken into care after their parents couldn't help them lose weight.
Based on reporting by The Associated Press.
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