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90kg-boy, 8, 'demented' mom
26/02/2007 22:56 - (SA)
London - A British eight-year-old who weighs about 90kg could be taken into care by social services on Tuesday because of his weight.
Connor McCreaddie has an appetite up to three times larger than most children his age and regularly steals chips and curry to satisfy his cravings for junk food.
Although he has lost just over 9kg in two months, his local council in Tyneside, northeast England, has called Connor and his mother Nicola McKeown, 35, to a meeting on Tuesday.
He could be taken into care in a last-ditch bid to overcome his problem eating.
His mother says she has consulted a dietician, but to no avail.
"I don't see how they can say we are not doing enough when everyone is rallying around trying to do something for Connor," she told ITV television. 'Totally demented me'
"He is well looked after, he always has been. It is just that he has totally demented me, wanting to be fed constantly. It is so hard."
The boy's grandmother, Barbara Bake, added that her daughter had become depressed because of the situation.
"He takes food out of the fridge the minute you turn your back... we have the moods and the tantrums and the slamming the doors and 'I'm going upstairs and I don't want to speak to anybody'," she said.
"There are days where she will say in response to Connor's demands: 'Just take another bag of crisps'."
Doctors have warned that the boy faces an early death unless he loses significant amounts of weight.
- AFP
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