gloria.p wrote:
> On 7/17/2011 8:53 AM, Jean B. wrote:
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>> Oh, I remember those days. When I was in elementary school, many of my
>> friends' families were still producing babies, and the norm was to
>> fatten them up. Actually, when my daughter was a toddler, we would go to
>> the park, and there was an enormously fat baby, which the family seemed
>> to regard as being a good thing.
>>
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> Years ago, I was hired as a social worker for the welfare dept. right
> out of college. One of my clients had had two children removed from
> their home for neglect. By the time I saw them they had produced another
> baby and at 3 months it was HUGE and Mom bragged about how much he was
> eating.
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> The poor child looked like an overstuffed bed pillow with head, arms,
> and legs protruding. I referred them for nutrition counseling at a
> local hospital clinic but I doubt it did much good. In many cultures,
> fat is still regarded as healthy or at least unimportant.
>
> gloria p

OMG Poor kid! Fat doesn't even mean (and frequently doesn't
mean) that folks are getting adequate nourishment.

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Jean B.