A New Cultural Revolution

I wish this surprised or even shocked me. True, this is Dundee, but even so…

Six young brothers and sisters face being taken from their parents and put into care because they are overweight. Social workers have warned they will intervene if three of the youngsters – including a 12-year-old boy who weighs 16 stone – do not shed several pounds in three months. The parents have been told they risk losing all their children if there is no improvement in the 12-year-old or two of his sisters aged 11 and three – who weigh 12 stone and four stone – by June. The family have also been ordered to send their children to dance and football* lessons to help them lose weight. The shocking development highlights Britain’s childhood obesity crisis, which has already forced those as young as 13 to seek NHS weight-loss surgery.