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    When does severe childhood obesity become a child protection issue?

    Matthew A Sabin, Zoe McCallum, Kay Gibbons, George A Werther and Joseph Proietto
    Med J Aust 2009; 190 (11): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02609.x
    Published online: 1 June 2009

    To the Editor: We read with interest the article by Alexander and colleagues on child protection issues in severe childhood obesity.1

    • Matthew A Sabin1,2
    • Zoe McCallum1,2
    • Kay Gibbons1
    • George A Werther1,2
    • Joseph Proietto2,3

    • 1 Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, VIC.
    • 2 University of Melbourne, VIC.
    • 3 Weight Control Clinic, Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC.

    Correspondence: matt.sabin@rch.org.au

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