What is to blame for child obesity?

Monday, December 21, 2009 - 03:07 in Psychology & Sociology

Social service and legal authorities are grappling with the issue of when to intervene. When Dr. Sadaf Farooqi and colleagues discovered a genetic abnormality that caused severe obesity in a handful of children, she had no cure. Yet the scientist transformed four families' lives nonetheless.

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