Do you think Child Obesity is Child Abuse??

Question

I Guess the Questions says it all. Need Opinion n facts ppl have. thanx.

Answer 1

Yes but trying to control a kid's weight can be abusive too if you are too anal. Parents have a responsibility to create healthy children in every way.

Answer 2

To provide the child with ample nutrition that the child requires is not abuse, whether in excess or not.

Unless you force feed the child I do not feel that it is abuse.

If you have the means to provide the child with a proper diet but instead give a diet that can cause harm, that is abuse. However there would not be such a case except where the parents are not educated enough about healthy diets. After all, it is the child's responsibility to eat in moderation. It is totally up to the child to follow the simple rule of, eating when there is hunger and stopping when there is not.

Answer 3

I don't believe so.

Children need love and support and nurturing. Until the age of 12, weight shouldn't be a problem unless it severely impacts their health.

Many valid concerns are placed on parent's when it comes to their children's weight, but we are so pushy to make sure we have "perfect children" all the time.

If the parents blatantly disregard the issue, and shove Happy Meals in the child's mouth all the time, then surely that is a concern. Is it ignorance on the parent's part, though, or in the genes of the child? If so, then it still may not consitute child abuse.

If the child is happy, and has no health concerns (asthma, diabetes, heart problems, etc.), let them be a child!

Answer 4

yes and no. If healthier food was cheaper then i think more parents would buy it. I also think you have to look at family history to decided what size the child should be. I do however think if the child is morbidly obese that is child abuse because the parents let their child get that way.

Answer 5

Not necessarily. My family ( i have three special needs children one with kidney issues one with heart problems and one asthmatic with digestive issues) follows a low fat, low sodium diet (practically vegitarian. we do eat fish and chicken and turky but no red mead and verry little pork) i watch what my children eat and we exercise together as a family. My middle child (the one with heart problems) likes to run in 5k races and is training for her first 10k. we are all extremely active, and three of us have weight issues. I am the most active and at 5'2 i weigh 200 pounds i run 2 miles a day, bike 100 miles a week and swim every evening. my daughter ( the one with a heart problem is also over weight 5'1 and 145) we found that weight is not always a food factor. sometimes it is a heraditary issue as well as an endocrine issue. So lumping all children and childhood obesity as child abuse would be irresponsible. To not educate our children on sensible eating patterns, and to allow our children to eat rampintly is irresponsible and neglectful.

We also forget that the cheapest and easiest food to prepare (speaking for those parents who have to work on rediculous budgest to feed there children) Is laden with sugar, fat and salt.

Answer 6

to a certain extent. those award winning parents that let their child get overweight or obese would or should be considered some sort of neglect on their part. seriously, how can you sit there and NOT notice your child ballooning into the stay-puff marshmallow man? with that obesity comes taunting and torment from his peers, health problems and even a shorter life span than normal. it's not a direct form of abuse but it is borderline neglect.

Answer 7

Sometimes yes if you make your kids eat everything on their plate and you are the on putting it there. Give smaller serving, and let them ask for more is a better way to go.