On Jun 10, 2:44*pm, Goomba > wrote:
> What kinda rocks in her head does this mom have? What 18 month old needs
> * a baby bottle with Coca Cola in it?? *And this child would eat better
> if mom didn't offer up the crap.....
>
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/ar...-just-18-month...
>
> By James Tozer
> Last updated at 7:58 AM on 09th June 2008
>
> She's only 18 months old, but Courtney Boswell's diet of chips *- *and
> not much else *- *means she weighs as much as the average four-year-old.
>
> But despite being warned her daughter's future health is at risk, her
> mother Angela insists the toddler will grow up just fine.
>
> Miss Boswell, 33, said persuading Courtney to eat healthier foods has
> proved almost impossible.
> baby courtney boswell obese at 18 months
>
> Courtney Boswell, aged 18 months, lives on a diet of chips
>
> She said: 'Most of all she loves chips. I ate a lot of chips in
> chocolate sauce when I was pregnant with her so maybe it comes from that.
>
> 'I think she'll be fine when she's older *- *I'm not worried at all.
>
> 'People say she's getting podgy because her tummy sticks out a bit, but
> it's just a bit of puppy fat and she will grow out of it.'
>
> Courtney, who weighs 2st 2lbs, or half a stone more than the average
> 18-month-old, will this week feature in Wednesday's ITV1 documentary,
> Britain's Biggest Babies.
>
> The toddler, whose diet also occasionally extends to chocolate, crisps,
> cereal and Coca-Cola, is shown devouring a portion of chips in just
> under ten minutes.
>
> But her mother insisted that a lack of vegetables is not for lack of trying.
> obese baby courtney boswell with mother Angela
>
> Courtney's mother Angela said she has tried to get her daughter to eat
> vegetables but she refuses
>
> 'I've tried giving her healthy food but she won't eat it,' Miss Boswell
> said. 'She will eat a bit of what we're having, say spaghetti bolognese,
> and she had a massive bowl of mashed potato the other day.
>
> 'She might have a banana sometimes, or yoghurt, but she won't touch
> vegetables *- *she picks them up and throws them.'
>
> Nutritionist Jeanette Jackson said: 'This really is very bad, this poor
> child.
>
> 'She is only 18 months and already she is chronically obese. The foods
> she is being given lack vitamins and minerals. Her development will be
> delayed and, if it continues, there is high risk of her getting a
> chronic illness.'
>
> Catherine Collins, from the British Dietetic Association, added: 'It can
> take up to seven attempts to get a child to try something new but there
> are ways of varying this diet and the family should seek advice from
> their GP.'
>
> But Miss Boswell *- *who has four other children, including a
> five-month-old son, Kai, by partner Gary Quinn, 37 *- *insisted there
> was nothing wrong with Courtney's diet.
>
> 'We don't have any big people in our family,' she said. 'If there were
> I'd be more concerned, but the other kids have had similar diets and
> been fine.
>
> 'She's a very healthy baby and it's not often she gets ill. She drinks
> milk and sometimes Coke between her meals but she is very active. All
> the children get veg, but I can't force them to eat it.'
>
> Around 13.4 per cent of children under ten are now obese *- *so
> overweight that it threatens their health *- *up from 9.9 per cent in 1995.

Damn, that's really disgusting. I say feed the kid a healthy meal-
when she's hungry enough, she'll eat it. Mom is being extremely lazy
there...