How do those people know that it wasn't something to do with the kids metabolism? There are a million reasons why he could have been overweight. Taking the kid out of the home for no reason other than being 200 lbs is a crime, I hope they get a stiff punishment. A year in jail sounds at least exactly right. I want to see what kind of diet they put him on and how much weight he actually loses. Not that I really care about this issue, it's just the fact that some state worker took it upon themselve to infringe on someone else's life like it was affecting their own. Now it's left to the state to make this kid lose x amount of pounds to be considered sane. Then when he grows up he's gonna say "Well when I was in third grade I was taken away from my mom cause I weighed 200 lbs. and I never saw her again". Abuse of power. I'ms sure he's no different then a sumo wrestler in Japan.