Councils warn they may take obese children into care

Dangerously overweight children will be taken into care if the obesity epidemic continues, council chiefs warned yesterday.
The fattest youngsters should be seen as examples of ‘parental neglect’ and handed over to social workers, according to the Local Government Association.
Its warning came as figures showed the rising cost of dealing with overweight children? -? a cost that is increasingly borne by the taxpayer.

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