Connor McCreaddie is slowly eating himself to death. At eight years old, he tips the scales at 88kg.

Every day he binges on hamburgers, sausages, chips, biscuits and chocolate, and is three times the weight of a normal child his age.

Connor snacks every 20 minutes and gets through four packets of chips, three packets of biscuits and several bars of chocolate outside meal times…

Child protection authorities in Britain are poised to remove him from his family out of concern for his welfare, according to reports.

He could even be placed on a child protection register alongside victims of physical and sexual abuse.

But talk of taking Connor from his family has sparked international outrage…

British health experts say that Connor is in danger of dying by the time he is 30 if his lifestyle does not change.

“I’m not saying they can’t care for him, but what they are doing, through the way they are treating him and feeding him, they are slowly killing him,” pediatrician Michael Markiewicz said.

Source: The Herald Sun
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21298223-663,00.html