Obesity puts kids at risk for adult problems

An example of IMHO law-breaking by a doctor.

Not long ago I diagnosed type 2 diabetes, once called “adult-onset diabetes,” in an 11-year-old boy.

This sounds unusual, but unfortunately it is becoming more common. As obesity increases in children, their bodies become resistant to insulin.

Other problems associated with obesity and seen more often in children include high blood pressure, high cholesterol, sleep disturbances, depression and joint problems.

This doc is from Washington state.

Here is the language from the WA Child Abuse and Neglect statute:

Abuse or neglect means the injury of a child by any person under circumstances that cause harm to the child's health, welfare, or safety, or the negligent treatment or maltreatment of a child by a person responsible for or providing care to the child. An abused child is a child who has been subjected to child abuse or neglect.

Clearly, Type 2 diabetes, "high blood pressure, high cholesterol, sleep disturbances, depression and joint problems" are harms to the "child's health, welfare, or safety."

In Washington, "practitioners" are mandatory reporters.

There is nothing in the article to suggest that this doc undertook her duty to report this child to the authorities.

Therefore, this practitioner is an IMHO law-breaker enabling the sickening of this child.

Terrible.