Shocking article

[Sharonimo]

This is not strictly weight loss surgery related, but is food and exercise related ...... re: giving children the wrong idea (chocolate is "bad" and exercise must be used as "punishment").

Young girl dies when family forces her to run for hours after eating candy

The above is an opinion based blog, but you can google plenty of news stories about "Savannah Hardin" and the grandmother who is now in jail awaiting a homicide trial for making her granddaughter run for 3 hours for having eaten candy.

 

[Sharonimo]

Also tweeted today by the same person (Yoni Freedhoff of Weighty Matters) and kind of related (a children's "novel" about an overweight teenager, aged 14, going on a diet -- book aimed at "9 to 12 year olds")

Maggie Goes on a Diet: A Review | Obesity Panacea

 

[Caren]

omg, i cant read that Sharon, it'll make me cry :wave_cry:

 

[Tonibones10]

i read this a few days ago i felt sick how can you do that to a poor child stupid woman i hope her punishment is as harsh as what ahe did to her grandaughter!!!!

 

[Raynebubble]

i just dont get some people, that was clear child abuse x