Someone is big in the news lately and his name is Connor McCready.
Connor is far from being your average ‘little boy’. He has difficulty washing and dressing himself, misses school regularly and is a perennial target for bullies. While he does have a bike, he has to stop every 10 minutes to vomit. Doctors say that at the very least, he will die nine years earlier than his counterparts and would be likely to suffer from diabetes and hypertension all throughout his adult life. Now, British child welfare officials have been wrestling with the idea of taking him away from his parents.
Connor McCready is going through all of these because at eight years old, he weighs in at 218 pounds—4 times the prescribed weight of a child his age.
Proponents of the Doña Elena Cuisinera Club (DECC) believe that childhood obesity, as illustrated in the case of Connor McCready, should be cause for deep concern. “We urge parents not to be complacent about their children’s health. During the past decade, there has been a 400% increase in the childhood obesity rates in the Philippines. So if you think that this can’t happen to your child, think again, says Prof. Luchie Callanta, the official Nutritionist of the DECC.”
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