Replies to '08/25 Extreme Food Obsessions'

Quote From: drgnj66

I have a friend with a child with PWS, or so they say.  She is 13 and weighs about 300 pounds.  She really doesn't act obsessed with food, until it comes to meal times....her Mom has custody of her and appears to feed her whatever she wants.  She is diabetic, and appears to be very un healthy.  My friend, her DAd, is afraid of his ex wife, so he does nothing to help the child either, but is getting concerned, as his daughter can barely fit in the car! She is almost too big for the seat belt.  As a friend I'm not sure what to do, because in my opinion her Mom is abusing her by not taking care of her, but how can one prove it? When she is with her Dad, she eats what he tells her to eat, which are healthy usually non fat foods, or foods with no sugar...so her obsession's seem to be more of her Mom's, if that makes sense.  There has got to be more people with this disorder, don't doctors know about it?  and where do these kids go once they're adults?  This girl is badly retarded, yet no one will do anything for her.  They keep pretending she will one day be okay. They even let her trick or treat, which I thought was horribly abusive to her.  But am I too concerned? at the rate she is going, she'll probably die before she's 20...is this common? Is it a hopeless disease?  I am thinking of ending the friendship, because I cant take watching her grow up like this.  Is there anything I can do?  Thank you