Not weight loss...but brings up questions

[ChefChiTown]

While that's true, in all of those cases, the child would be taken out of the home and admitted to a hospital or mental facility in order to receive proper treatment. So why should a child who is extremely obese not also be treated that way?

Also, in most cases there will be people saying that it is the parent's 'fault', or that there is a problem that the parents are somehow involved in, no matter if the kid is obese, anorexic, suicidal or whatever else. I have never come across a case where kids had emotional problems and nobody cared to look at the parents.

Personally, in any case my first thought would be 'What's wrong at home for that kid to be like that?', and I agree with Kara, in all of those cases the kid would be taken out of the home and receive treatment. Why would it be any different in cases of obesity?

Obesity is treated differently because, in all reality, obesity isn't all that hard of a problem to solve in most cases. Is it EASY to lose weight? No, not always. But, it's not that hard either. Stop eating so much, exercise a bit, problem solved.

But, with drugs, alcohol, suidical tendencies and other forms of addictions and dangerous mentalities, the problem can't be solved with such a simple solution, which is why additional help from outside sources are usually enforced (counseling, therapy, rehab, etc).

 

[KaraCooks]

Obesity is treated differently because, in all reality, obesity isn't all that hard of a problem to solve in most cases.

Obesity isn't "all that hard of a problem" but when you get into that kind of extreme obesity, then it becomes a mental/emotional/psychological issue just as much as it becomes one with anorexia. It's the difference between being "too skinny" or exercising "too much" and becoming unhealthy and damaging behavior

Not all eating disorders involve weight LOSS. One day people will recognize that, I hope.