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An Ohio boy has been returned to his mother?s care more than five months after he was placed in foster care by county officials who said his mother wasn?t doing enough to control his weight, reports the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
In November, the 9-year-old weighed 218 pounds. After spending months in foster care with an uncle, the boy?s weight dropped to 166 pounds.
The boy was returned to his mother in early March under protective supervision, the newspaper reported. The decision made Thursday by Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court Judge David Stucki released the family from that supervision.
The case became a flashpoint for the controversy of whether obese children should be removed from their parents? care, a move typically reserved for children who have been physically abused, neglected or undernourished. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 12.5 million children and teens are obese.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/05/11/obese-boy-returned-to-mothers-care/
In November, the 9-year-old weighed 218 pounds. After spending months in foster care with an uncle, the boy?s weight dropped to 166 pounds.
The boy was returned to his mother in early March under protective supervision, the newspaper reported. The decision made Thursday by Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court Judge David Stucki released the family from that supervision.
The case became a flashpoint for the controversy of whether obese children should be removed from their parents? care, a move typically reserved for children who have been physically abused, neglected or undernourished. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 12.5 million children and teens are obese.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/05/11/obese-boy-returned-to-mothers-care/