Health expert: Fat children abused

Published: Oct. 4, 2008 at 3:35 PM

LONDON, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- A member of Britain's National Obesity Forum says fat children are victims of abuse who should be taken from their parents to undergo stomach-stapling.

Tam Fry acknowledged he likely will lose a Forum debate Tuesday on whether child obesity should be treated as a form of abuse, The Daily Telegraph reported in an exclusive Saturday.

Nonetheless, Fry said he plans to argue that obese children should be rescued just as malnourished children are rescued, the Telegraph reported.

As they age, fat children are more likely to suffer heart disease and diabetes, said Fry, noting that Britain's obesity epidemic poses such a risk to public health that drastic action, such as stomach-stapling surgery, must be considered.

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