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Obese children should be taken into care, say doctors

Doctors are calling for obesity to be possible grounds for children being taken away from their parents. The British Medical Association will be asked at its annual meeting later this month to back the designation of obesity in under-12s as an act of neglect.

Doctors are calling for obesity to be possible grounds for children being taken away from their parents.

The British Medical Association will be asked at its annual meeting later this month to back the designation of obesity in under-12s as an act of neglect.