Parents of 152 pound 4 year old think they are doing right, he is healthy!

I think that the parents need help if they can't see what they are doing to the poor boy. He needs to be able to walk around. Are the parents heavy too? I knew a lady that thought that heavy meant healthy for her child too, but it didn't get that out of control. I think her pediatrician is the one that got through to her.

I also seen that show. I felt really bad for that little or should I say big boy. I think the parents should go to a nutritionist to help feed him right. If he doesn't get down to a decent weight before school, kids will tease him. He also faces a host of health problems. I hope those parents do something for him. :)

I think that many parents like to indulge their kids, some with the unhealthiest of foods such as fast food. Then when they grwo fat, the kids are said to be big boned or just a growing child. Parents need to face up to the reality of obesity

I think that if he's healthy, he's a baby rhino. The most worrying thing about this is that people "can" think it's normal. Blubber seems to be an accepted part of life. So infant diabetes, heart problems, and the rest of the atrocity package are somehow a surprise. Psychological help would require a psyche. "Kids For Dummies" might work, if they can read. Either that, or welfare taking the kid away and returning him to the human race.

I don't believe they need to get social services involved but I feel the doctor should be advising them on how this is not healthy for their son and what the risks are for his health with being this size .

You must not have seen all of it. They had previously shown that episode, with the mother. The father is saying he is now a healthy four year old because he took custody of him and lost all the weight. The boy looks great.

Oh My Gosh How can a parent think this is healthy. Were the parents also overweight? I think the parents need some serious help. They need to get their child on a diet. Like someone else said this child will be made fun of in school, but another thing is how will he be able to function normally at school. He won't be able to play on the toys at school he won't fit and he won't be able to run and chase other kids. But school might be good for him unless he takes his lunch he will have a nutrisious one and he will get exercise. I pray that these parent will wake up and smell the coffee.

I think someone needs to be involved on behalf of the child, IF the parents are unwilling to do anything about it. This is extremely unhealthy for the child !! Social services or some other agency would be involved if the parents weren't feeding him. I think someone should involve themselves in this case too. I'm not saying to take the child away or anything that extreme, but this family needs to be closely monitored. I think this childs life depends on it.

I think it all depends on what the root issue is. If the parents are just feeding the kid so they don't whine or cry then they need to take some parenting classes. There are cases where kids just grow faster or have true medical problems with metabolism. What I really hate are people that try to exploit them; some talk shows are guilty of this just to get ratings.

Although I'm not sure what the height of the four year old is, I'm quite sure that is not a healthy weight. I think the parents need to find a nutrionist and start working with him/her right away. That poor little boy is going to be more than just the butt of some nasty teasing, but he will end up with who knows what kind of health problems. I don't understand how a parent could think this is a healthy weight for him.

I think they need some doctor's advice. The risk of heart attack is so evident for fat people. I'll be so worried if my kid weighs that much. But some times there are parents who cant accept the truth thay they had some mistake about how they take care of their children.

I think this is terrible and in no way healthy. Seems like it's almost a form of child abuse. I saw a little girl on Extra the other day-- she is 7 years old and weighs 400 pounds. She can't even walk, she has to roll around on the floor to get around. Very sick! Both children should be hopsitalized and taken from the parents, at least temporarily.

Well sometimes people want to learn the hard-way. They can go ahead and believe that there is nothing wrong with their child but if they lose the kid they they go no one to blame but themselves.

My older son is 4...and 42 pounds. 152 pounds is not healthy for a 4 year old. The extra weight is putting a strain on his poor little body. His organs are not ready to work for a body with that much weight and his bones are not mature enough to support the weight. What about when the poor child starts school? He will then have emotional problems as well. I think that the parents need help and that social services should definately get involved. These parents are killing their child.

That truly is a nasty form of child abuse. they think that because he's putting on weight that he is healthy when what they are doing is killing the boy. Killing his hope of a future and almost certainly insuring his chance of type 2 diabetes while they are at it. How can parents be so blind and stupid?

152 pounds at 4 years old? unless its an unusually tall 4 year old? wow! that is soo unhealthy and bad on that poor kid's heart. I bet he has a hard time breathing too with his heart being surrounded by fat. That poor kid is going to have a coronary by age 20 or earlier because his arteries are going to all clogged up. If the parents refuse to see the light and give this kid some help, than I definately think social services needs to get involved. He may need to be placed with a family who will feed him right and help him lose weight whilst his parents undergo alot of counseling and dietary counseling. I want to Walmart today and on my way walking from my car in the parking lot. I saw a very obese lady who looked in your 30's and a very obese little girl who looked to be about 7 or 8 years old. Why do people do this to their children? I can't figure it out.

That weight is putting stress on that buys bones, tendons, muscles, organs, and giving him health problems. Now if he was like 5'10 already then he would be better but in my opinion it is not healthy. I have seen other shows about young toddlers parents feed them fried chicken and french fries and anything they want. Little do they know that their child might be for example 4 years old and could give them a heart attack!

i think the parents should be educated especially on the efffects of the severe weight problem the child is and will face a dr and a dietician should monitor the progress of this child and if the weight doesn`t change then and only then should childrens services be bought into it .The parents should at least be given a chance to correct what they have done but the health and safety of the child should be considered above all

I think unless there are medical problems than the dr. has been telling them their child is over weight & needs to lose the excess. I mean come on now, you can tell when someone is over weight. I do think that CPS should be called. The parents are the ones suppling the food to this poor child. He does not have much of a say so of what goes into his mouth. Most kids will eat whatever junk you put in front of them. I do think it is child abuse, they are knowingly endangering their childs life.

The parents should realized that in the long run if they don't control the weight of their child, they will all be facing problems one of these days. The child can't have a normal life the kids of his age will be doing due to his size plus it will really affect the personality of the child. It is not that they should starve him but just make sure he is eating healthy foods and get plenty of exercise. Consulting a dietitician will be good too.