Fat boy: Family, officials meet
2007-02-27 14:56
London - The family of a massively overweight child has been called to a meeting on Tuesday with local officials to discuss the eight-year-old's health, a local government spokesperson said.
Connor McCreaddie, who weighs 99kg, and his family attracted national attention after his mother, Nicola McKeown, allowed an ITV News crew to film his day-to-day life over the course of a month.
"He has double, treble what a normal boy (of his age) would have, but if I didn't give him enough at teatime then he would just go on at us all night for snacks and stuff," she told ITV.
North Tyneside council spokesperson Jeanette Hedley said Tuesday's meeting was preliminary, and that no decision on whether to take the boy away from his mother would be made.
"It's about moving towards what to do about this child," Hedley said.
"It's the start of the process."
- AP