A judge has denied a father custody of his obese son, allowing the child to remain with his mother.
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A FATHER has asked for custody of his "chronically obese" nine-year-old son, blaming the child's weight on his ex-wife.
The man subjected his son to repeated weigh-ins before and after visits to his mother to document the boy's weight ballooning close to 43kg.
The Family Court heard when his parents were together the boy was a healthy 21.5kg at age 5.
But after their separation the boy's weight almost doubled in two years.
The father, 43, described his son being in a "bloated state" after time with his mother, and said he had stretch marks on his upper body.
He complained the mother fed their son too much junk food and did not take him to his swimming or martial arts classes, which were integral to his fitness.
A dietitian told the court she had not seen a child that obese and he was above the 95th percentile for his age, height and weight.
The mother, 35, argued that their son was not severely obese, but "a tall, broad, growing boy whose diet just needs to be maintained".
She said the father had been weighing the child without her knowledge, oblivious to the effect it could have on him.
The mother, who has a gastric band to combat obesity, denied her own problems were having an impact on the boy.
A doctor told the court the reasons for the child's weight gain were "more to do with conflict" between his parents than anything else and the father had put an extreme emphasis on the problem, which was not good.
Justice Stuart Fowler said the father had shown an obsession with the weight issue and had been completely insensitive to his son's feelings.
Justice Fowler ordered that the boy live with his mother and that both parents adhere to a dietitian's advice on his diet.
katie.bice@news.com.au
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