Social workers are placing obese children on the child protection register alongside victims thought to be at risk of sexual or physical abuse. These children suffer from sleep apnoea and serious health complications from diabetes. Initially, social workers try to help the parents but, in some cases, the parents are the problem." "Very obese children are taking up nations resources that should be used for legitimate purposes. Parents have got to be held accountable for overfeeding their children or letting their children become fat without taking action." The number of children aged under 11 who are obese more than doubled in just ten years! Full read here