by TJ Grandy | Jan 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
Is child obesity child abuse? Posted: 04:26 PM ET Campbell Brown Blog – Staff Filed under: The Big Question At our morning meeting, a story that is attracting national attention also sparked a lively discussion in the newsroom when someone asked the question:...
by TJ Grandy | Jan 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
By Ron Barnett, USA TODAY Jerri Gray was doing all she could to help her son lose weight, her attorney says. But something had gone terribly wrong for the boy to hit the 555-pound mark by age 14. Authorities in South Carolina say that what went wrong was Gray’s...
by TJ Grandy | Jan 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
Should morbidly obese children be taken from their parents? That’s the question an increasing number of countries are grappling with amid the Western world’s obesity epidemic. The latest case to make headlines concerns a Scottish couple who lost custody of...
by TJ Grandy | Jan 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
NY Daily News: A 555-pound teenager in South Carolina is at the center of the latest legal case to consider whether child obesity is a form of child abuse. Alexander Draper, 14, was placed into foster care after his mother, Jerri Gray, was arrested and charged with...
by TJ Grandy | Jan 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
(CBS) A mother is being charged with neglecting her obese teenage son, raising issues about whether the government has the right to intervene in one’s family life. Born and raised in South Carolina, Alexander Draper grew up to reach a dangerous 555 pounds by the...