‘Fat Family’ Children Taken From Parents

Kirsty Donald
Sky News Online
October 22, 2009

Seven children, including a newborn baby, have been taken from their overweight parents and put into care because of concerns over their welfare.

The family from Dundee was split up by social workers following a meeting of the Children’s Panel.

The youngsters include a girl born earlier this week at the city’s Ninewells Hospital and taken from the arms of her 23 stone mother shortly afterwards.

The 40-year-old woman and her 53-year-old husband, who weighs around 18 stone, have not been named to protect the identity of their children.

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