This woman should not be allowed to have kids if she’s not going to take care of them properly. Be the parent and giver her healthy things to eat. To me that;s a form of child neglect.

This lady should be in jail for child abuse and neglect.

Her Partner?

Like I always say, people should be certified and trained before even considering having children. Most people don’t have genes/dna that should be passed on but they think they do and then God help us all! There are too many homeless children in the world as it is so please don’t make any more. Let’s take care of the ones we already have instead of making more just because we can.

the reason why her baby loves french fries and wont eat anything else is because she introduced them to her as a baby(not because she ingested them in utero). all pregnant women eat french fries…but their babies come out and drink milk,eat cereal and pureed food or baby food.
i think this woman is using the fact her child consumed fries in utero as a crutch !

the truth is the mother is abusing her kid by feeding it nothing but saturated fat,salt and sugar and empty carbs because she is to lazy to get off her ass and warm some milk or puree some fruit!
social services and the pediatritian should step in with the assistant of the courts if neccessary! this is a blatant example of bold in your face child abuse,and if the mother refuses to take nutritional classes and feed her child healthy foods then maybe the child should be placed in foster care.
i understand some people may feel i am being severe, because she is not beating him, but what she is doing is a form of abuse and neglect! she is making choices for him that he cannot make for himself that will possibly ruin his healthy or cut his life short!

charge the mom with child abuse and take the child and dont return the child until the mother agrees to counseling,parenting classes,nutriritional classes and regular doctor visits and surprise cps visits! at the moms expense! this child deserves better! it just pisses me off so bad when parents abuses their kids like this! kids are so precious, how can people just wreck their lives like this on a whim! i have picky kids to.. and i garenntee you if they get hungry enough they will eat fruit,cheese,meat,veggies and drink milk! this is lazyness on her part ..everything she has described either comes from a fast food joint or comes out of a vending machine bag! if she wants to treat her own body like a trash can then let her, but dont make the poor baby suffer because of the mothers lazy,morbid stupidity!

what the heck is wrong with all these moms? if you dont want kids take a pill or use a condom?

This lady should be arrested for child abuse. The child will eat the right foods if the parent knows how to be a parent.

My son weighed 26 pounds at 18months. Maybe a little more. My daughter is 16 months old and weighs 27. Am I a bad parent? You would probably say so because my children are big, but they eat healthy. But in todays society, I’m still a bad parent because I let my kids eat, even if their diet consists of healthy snacks and good wholeosme food.

Obviously this child does not live on the food 24 7 or she’d be ill. As a mother it is not uncommon for kids to go thru fase’s where this or that is about the only thing they eat. The child also does not look obese at all. Sounds like a sad news story if you can call this news.

Emphasis on the following cruel statement: Some people just shouldn’t breed! I don’t care whether arguments about anyone living as they wish arise but when children get involved, this is a comepletely different matter. An adult of consenting age has some kind of potential to change what their parents have instilled. However, a young child, especially an eighteen month old does not have even the remote possibility as to what goes into their mouth, much less the capacity to change their lifestyle or daily habits. Who would expect a child raised on this diet to like vegetables or anything else that might be considered potentially healthy in this mother’s mind? So the lady craved french fries while pregnant. Good for her! My mom probably craved junk food too but that doesn’t mean she fed me this as my only sustenance. Lots a women experience such odd cravings during gestation, I can only speculate. What percentage of these women actually feed their children foods craved as a sole source of nutrition? Hopefully not very many. This little girl will not be healthy when older. If she’s lucky she might be able to manager her diabetes, blood pressure, and respond to her medications properly all before most kids enter formal schooling. This child’s future looks immensely bleak. If I had the slightest inclination to bring a child into this world, a healthy diet would definitely be my priority! This says quite a bit for someone who doesn’t wish to have children. Most people don’t even allow their pets to consume such unhealthy food!

Look at the picture of the girl. She does not look fat. Her diet is horrible, but we should be concerned about her lack of nutrition instead of the number on the scale. My six year old weighs 70 pounds. My four year old weighs 45 pounds. Both are tall and solid, not obese. Their doctor is okay with their size because of their height.

2 Words….JUDGE NOT…and that is all…

Every child is different, where does society get off judging anyone else of how they raise THEIR KIDS…I have a child…born with Cancer, diagnosed at 6 weeks old, emergency surgery at 8 weeks old…We asked about Chemo-therapy, and the Doctor stated we will wait and see. It took Faith to believe in that Dr, and we DID. Now others could look at that and say “Why would you not ensure your childs Health by immediately doing Chemo”. I also recollect a case not too long ago where a county somewhere in the US tried to force parents into giving their child Chemo…saying they were jeopardizing their childs health and welfare…they even tried taking the kid away.

Needless to say…OUR Dr was correct…My childs Cancer went away on its own…we had Faith, and my son is almost 5, and has had a clean bill of health ever since the surgery.

a child should never be offered “junk” food with little or no nutrient value-until they are old enough to understand what empty calories are and what the body needs to function, their care givers should make healthy choices for them.

FINE!@
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO THINK THOSE OF US ARE TO HARSH FOR THINKING THINKING SHE IS COMMITING ABUSE!

WHAT WILL YOU THINK WHEN THE CHILD GROWS UP TO BE A 350 POUND 10 YEAR OLD WITH HEART FAILURE?

AND IF THIS MOM DOESNT HAVE A JOB, WHICH ONE OF YOU WANTS TO PUT IN MONEY AND PAY EXTRA TAXES TO FIT THE BILL TO PAY FOR ALL HIS SURGERIES AND MEDICATIONS?

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IF THE HEADLINE 10 YEARS FROM NOW READS 355 POUND 11 YEAR OLD CHILD IN BRITAIN FED FRENCH FRIES,SODA AND CANDY SINCE INFANT?

I BET YOUR TUNE WOULD CHANGE….ESPECIALLY IF SHE WAS ON SOME SORT OF CHARITY , WELFARE OR WHATEVER AND THE GOVERNMENT FIT THE BILL!

NOW LETS SAY 15 YEARS FROM NOW THE HEADLINE READS THIS…..

“480 POUND 16 YEAR OLD DIES OF SUDDEN HEART FAILURE IN BRITAIN”

NOW ,

DO ME A FAVOR

SCROLL ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE TOP OF THIS BLOG

AND REFLECT ….WILL YOU?

NOW MULTIPLY THAT NUMBER BY 300 MILLION CHILDREN ALL OVER THE WORLD…

NOW REFLECT…WILL YOU?

50 YEARS FROM NOW NEWS HEADLINE READS…

“OBESITY EPIDEMIC KILLS 40% population, all children under the age of five!”

now reflect….will you?

GET THE MESSAGE????

DUH!!!!!!

I am amazed at some of the really crude and unacceptable comments against this mother. Granted, the child should be eating more vegetables, but my granddaughter who is 14 months old weighs 32 lbs!! She is not obese or overweight and eats 99% of everything she is given which includes tons of vegetables. She eats very healthy, drinks lots of water and is just rock solid. She has the typical “few” baby rolls but she is by no means obese or overweight and her doctor completely agrees. I think some of these comments are quite harsh based on just what they are reading. The picture I see of this child does not show her to be disgustingly obese, but only an adorable and healthy baby. I am not obese, nor is her mother therefore we are quite conscious of what obese could mean and be. Back off people!! You can’t cram vegetables down any child’s mouth period! You can encourage them of course and substitute any sweets, etc. with carrot sticks or something otherwise healthy. I do agree however that coca cola is definitely something full of sugar no baby needs…for that matter adults don’t even need it. Is it any healthier for an adult?!?!

Have you people even seen a picture of this baby? She looks just fine to me. I can’t understand how this even made headlines. So the woman looks unhealthy herself and actually admits that her child won’t eat vegetables and she feeds her french fries..big deal!!!? How many of our children refuse to eat vegetables and like french fries? The mom needs to alter her diet, for sure — in fact I was the most mortified about her giving her baby cola which will surely rot her teeth…but aside from that, I don’t see anything that horrible.

So, people, stop pretending that all you feed your babies are whole grains and brussel sprouts. How many of you people feed your children formula with high fructose corn syrup and who knows what else? Get off your pedestals you put yourselves upon and look for real cases of abuse and neglect — there are plenty of cases out there that need more attention than this.

This is unfortunate , it’s wrong , but it’s also none of our business . The main problem with people today is that they think they should be able to dictate to others how they should live , and you can’t . Even when you see disaster ahead , you cannot force your ideals on others . I am so sick of people trying to make stupid laws that govern what we can eat , or wear , what kind of lightbulbs we use , or where we can go . The government sticks their none into our lives way to much as it is . And if this mother tried to force her baby to eat good food and wouldn’t give her anything else , there would be some moron sniffling about that too . You can’t win .

30 lbs at 18 months is ‘chronically obese’???!!! Please! My 19 mo old weighs almost 30 lbs & she wears 24 month or 2T clothes, she is healthy & no where even close to ‘obese’. My 6 yr old son weighs nearly 60 lbs & he is not obese either. He is tall & he wears a size 7 or 7 slim pants because 6’s are too short. The mother is being lazy & using bad judgment, but…I don’t know if I would go as far as child abuse.
My daughter is a picky eater (she likes spinach, salad & bananas only as far as fruits & veggies go) but we keep trying to get her to eat the healthier things. We mash a lot of veggies up & hide them in her other food as well as putting some on the plate each time. My son eats almost anything.
My whole point is that 30 lbs at 18 months is not obese at all. My son was a bigger than that at 18 months & he was a good eater & big baby, but healthy as a horse & not obese at all.
There are vegan parents who are so strict they basically starve their kids, sometimes to death…

The woman is an idiot who should have her children removed because she clearly does not know how to parent and is endangering her children with that ignorance.

My son is 9 months old and already weighs 23 lbs. He is in the 75th growth percentile and perfectly healthy. His doctor is very pleased with his growth. I have a hard time understanding why 30 lbs for a baby twice his age is excessive. She does not appear to be very large in the pictures. There are many children out there suffering from much worse cases of obesity. I agree that the child needs more nutritious meals but I don’t think she is being over fed.

I have two kids, and my youngest always made a horrible face and spit out her veggies the first few times she tried them. I just kept at it, with the attitude that if she gets hungry enough, she’ll eat it. Nowadays, she’s a part time vegetarian, won’t eat anything but veggies, unless I force her. (Force being, “You will stay at the table until you eat your rice/meat/whatever.” I just don’t think that green beans or carrots by themself make for a balanced diet, lol.

My Question is…so does the kid get in the car and drive to Mcdonalds, etc.? If the mother stops feeding the child the junk eventually she will eat something healthy. I don’t have issue with the weight, as someone said earlier, she is not fat. I have issue with the childs diet. She is a growing child who needs all the nutrients she can get to grow up healthy.

Ms. Boswell, my children (three) also favored foods I ate while I was pregnant with them.
I realize that with four other children to attend to it is easier to give your child what she wants, rather than put up with fussing. Please, for your baby’s sake, withhold what she wants…..when she is hungry enough she will eat what is given her, i.e., healthy foods.
You are, after all, the parent responsible for teaching your children!

Lisa, your what if scenarios are obsurd. the time that child is of age, I’m sure she woud have outgrown french fries. And chances are because this is fox news, it is greatly exxagerrated. As someone already posted, if she ate nothing but french fries, she would be ill. Hell my kids each french fries. Am I a bad mom? does letting my children have candy and sprite every now and again give someone grounds for a child abuse case? My kids are 2 1/2 and and 1 1/2. my 2 year old weighs 34 pounds, my 16 month old weighs 27. According to the pediatrician, they are perfectly healthy. The doc even said its okay to indulge every now and again. My mother is a heavy woman. It runs in her genes, But she is considered overweight. And she does nothing but eat health food. Are yougoing to blame poor upbringing or bad genes if she died of heart failure? You need to rethink your logic. Cause you sound like a tard

2 of my 3 children weighed 30 lbs. at 12-months-old. They ate well and consumed primarily healthy foods. Never did their pediatricians express any concern about obesity. Once my kids began walking and running, their weight seemed to level off, and they just grew taller. Today, one of them is 10 years old and weighs in at a whopping 57 lbs., and the other of them is almost 3 years old and weighs 34 lbs. Obesity definitely is not an issue with them, and I doubt that it is an issue with this 18-month-old. Sure good nutrition is a must. Perhaps a few simple sessions with a nutritionist will help this mother and her family. But in my opinion, obesity isn’t even an issue here at this point.

It’s a really good thing the rest of the Brits are going to be paying for this child’s medical bills. Socialised medicine is such a wonderful invention for irresposible people who find it much easier to let others take care of them than to be responsible for themselves and the consequences of their own actions.

Being Swedish, I have ever since coming here as an au-pair in the 80s, been perplexed over what you are feeding your children in this country. Lunchboxes full of crisps + chocolates and of course chips with every other meal…Sweets on a daily basis. Horrific. My children had not even tasted a chip or any coca-cola at that age! Kids generally eat what you give them as long as you start early. A friend of mine tried out this Swedish cook book for children that were about to start on solids. Easy & quick recipes to help kids get the taste for flavours and textures of healthy foods. Her little girl has now turned 4 and can’t get enough of fruit, veg, fish + things like wholemeal rye crisp bread!

I think its okay for a child to have sweets accasionally. But as a parent you have got to be in charge and control your childs diet.

Another Stupid mom who should not be legaly having kids. Whats coming to parents today?