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A teenager who died due to being overweight was fed takeaways by their mother as they lay in a hospital bed, according to a report.

The teen, who was eating a staggering 2,000 calories every morning, died from a cardiomyopathy condition in April 2015.

A serious case review from the Manchester Safeguarding Board on its neglect strategy has found the mother tried to prevent the child from taking part in PE and also abused them by calling them a doughnut.

The child, whose name was not released, enjoyed taking part in sport but their mum would apparently not buy them the necessary PE kit and lied they were too sick to complete classes.

The teen, from Greater Manchester, even reportedly told teachers to not tell their mum they had been doing sports at school.

The report, which concluded last year but was recently discussed by Manchester City Council's children and young people's scrutiny committee, said: "[The school] found it difficult to challenge [the] mother about putting obstacles in the way of [the teenager] from taking part in something they enjoyed and which was beneficial for their wellbeing.

When the youngster, who weighed 30kg (4st 10lb) when they were just three, was dying in hospital their mum bought them takeaways, the report added.

Manchester Safeguarding Board Chair Julia Stephens-Row said the authorities would try to empower professionals to have different conversations" about weight after the report and they had refreshed the neglect strategy.

The case review, which was reported by the Local Democracy Reporting Service, suggested professionals suffered paralysis around the childhood obesity issue and should have been able to discuss it more freely.

Police looked into the case but in the end, no charges were made against the mother.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/familyhealth/teen-died-from-obesity-after-their-mother-fed-them-takeaway-meals-in-hospital/ar-AAHbHTU?ocid=spartanntp
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It's so bizarre how parents don't think they're hurting their children like this...

MudKip_Master posted...

It's so bizarre how parents don't think they're hurting their children like this...

And society is allowing and promoting it with this new liberal culture of being politically correct and fat acceptance movements being promoted.

The case review, which was reported by the Local Democracy Reporting Service, suggested professionals suffered paralysis around the childhood obesity issue and should have been able to discuss it more freely.

It was too impolite to tell a fat person they were fat and need to lose weight or tell a parent they need to get their kid to lose weight.

If a child is under 18 and obese, that's child abuse as far as I'm concerned and the way we treat this stuff is not helping anyone.
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Lol
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