Obese kids removed from UK families. As many as 74 children in Britain have reportedly been put into care in the last five years because they are morbidly obese.
Figures revealed that 183 youngsters under 11 in England, Scotland and Wales have been recorded as weighing more than 100kg in the last three years.
Eight were more than 127kg and the heaviest weighed 147kg, the Daily Mirror reported.
There has been a 12 per cent rise in the number of under-16s in Britain admitted to hospital for obesity in the last year, figures released by the Health and Social Care Information Centre this week show.
Figures revealed that 183 youngsters under 11 in England, Scotland and Wales have been recorded as weighing more than 100kg in the last three years.
Eight were more than 127kg and the heaviest weighed 147kg, the Daily Mirror reported.
There has been a 12 per cent rise in the number of under-16s in Britain admitted to hospital for obesity in the last year, figures released by the Health and Social Care Information Centre this week show.
Across all ages, obesity admissions across England were lower for every age group except the under-16s and those 65 and over.
Using Freedom of Information laws, the newspaper approached the 206 local authorities in Britain with responsibility for child protection.
Of the 128 councils that provided usable responses it was found that between 26 and 46 morbidly obese children were taken by social services; when taking the potential figure from the remaining councils, the figure could be as many as 74, the Mirror said.
Social services removed the children from their families for their protection because their excessive weight caused major health concerns.
The two heaviest primary school pupils in England were a boy of 147kg and a girl of 140kg.
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