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Published on: 1/5/2001
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At of Canada's few obesity clinics for children, Glenn Berall, chief of pediatrics at Toronto's University Health Network has been treating the twins for nearly 2 years.
"As an advocate for children, I felt it was necessary to ask the legal advocates for children to consider the matter," Berall said."This is a situation where the children's health is at risk.We provided advice as experts and it wasn't being followed, to the children's detriment health-wise."
During transfers between the parents homes, the children are weighed at a doctors office.Glenn Berall has written a report for the court last summer.He found that during the time with the father, their weight slipped.However during the time with the mother, weight was regained by more than 2 pounds.
The father ensures that during the time with him, they eat meat and vegatables.Treats are limited to arrowroot cookies.When the twins are with their mother, the tend to eat pizza, pasta, ice cream, chocolate cookies, and trips to fast-food restaurants.
"The pattern of weight loss under the care of their father and the pattern of weight gain under the care of their mother is a piece of objective evidence that can be dismissed only at the children's peril," Berall concluded in his report.