Should Parents of Overweight Kids Lose Custody?

It’s a complex question that needs to take socioeconomics into account.  But protective services do remove children from households wherein undernourishment occurs.  Overnutrition is just the opposite end of the malnutrition curve.  Its unprecedented sure, but so is this epidemic.

It also is important to avoid using BMI measurements as the holy grail.  Each child needs to be evaluated independently and on a variety of physical, emotional, and mental capacities.