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March is National Nutrition Month, and the American Dietetic Association says the most effective, long-term way to achieve a healthful lifestyle is to be 100 percent fad free The organization's Web site (www.eatright.org) portrays various fad diets over the years. Among the first was the vinegar and water diet, introduced by Lord Byron in 1820, followed by the low carbohydrate diet that first appeared in The Physiology of Taste by Jean Brillat-Savarin in 1825. .
Britain lets mother keep obese son
A mother who feared she might lose custody of her obese 8-year-old son unless he lost weight was allowed to keep the boy after striking a deal Tuesday with social workers to safeguard his welfare. The case has set off a debate over child obesity and raised questions about whether genetics, junk food or bad parenting is to blame. Connor McCreaddie, of Wallsend in northeastern England, weighs 218 pounds, four times the weight of a healthy child his age. Connor and his mother, Nicola McKeown, 35, both attended a child protection meeting Tuesday with North Tyneside Council officials. Before it began, McKeown, a single mother of two, said she hoped she would not lose custody of her son. "I'm not too good, and I'm very nervous about the meeting.
UK court to consider obese boy care order
LONDON - A local authority is due to go to court today seeking a care order over an obese eight-year-old boy who officials had threatened to take away from his family because of concerns about his weight. Social workers decided last week to allow Connor McCreaddie, who weighs almost 90kg, to remain at home with his mother blamed for overfeeding him with junk food. McCreaddie's mother says her son will not eat healthy food like fruits and vegetables and had rejected a suggestion that she put a lock on the fridge. Today, a judge will consider a care application order brought by North Tyneside Metropolitan Council which said it could not reveal details of what conditions it was seeking because of legal reasons. McCreaddie's plight has prompted intense media interest in Britain where politicians, doctors and the public are becoming increasingly concerned about rising child obesity levels.
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