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Woman handing out “obesity letters,” instead of candy this Halloween

By, Amy Hubbard (LA Times) In case you missed it, a Fargo, N.D., woman called a local radio station Tuesday and said she was going to hand out letters to overwe...
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By, Amy Hubbard (LA Times)

In case you missed it, a Fargo, N.D., woman called a local radio station Tuesday and said she was going to hand out letters to overweight children on Halloween instead of candy.

In the letter — which was sent to station Y-94 — the anonymous woman tells parents that the child is “moderately obese” and shouldn’t be out gathering free candy “to the extent of some children.”

Fargo news outlet Valley Live News quotes a professor of clinical psychology in saying the letter could topple some kids over the edge and straight into an eating disorder:  If the child is “vulnerable, it might trigger “major problems.”

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