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Does the State Have the Right to Take a Child for Being Obese?

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Ohio officials have removed an eight-year-old boy from his parents' Cleveland home for their failure to get his weight down. The boy weighs more than 200 pounds, putting him in the category of extremely obese. Craig takes calls from listeners about what action the state should take in this type of case.

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