Pennsylvania Department of Human Services might take the little piggies off the family farms

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"If DHS were called in, it would advise the family on food choices, maybe help them get a YMCA membership and encourage physical activity, but if no progress were made over a sustained period, the agency may step in.
"That might be a situation where the Department of Human Services feels that the child's safety and their health safety is at such risk that we need to remove a child temporarily," Christian said.
Similarly, multiple hospitalizations in the same year for diabetes complications could be ruled "medical neglect."
In the last decade, Christian said the department has received more and more calls about severely obese kids."

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