A FATHER who weighs 360 pounds claims has lost custody of his two sons - after a doctor told the courts he was too overweight to take care of them.

The 38-year-old man, from Ottawa, Canada, lost his year-long court battle to keep his sons, aged five and six. A judge ruled the boys would be put up for adoption, claiming the man would have struggled to keep up with his daily weight-loss program as well as caring for his the children.
It came after a doctor found the man could not keep up with the ‘energetic’ children during a court-ordered assessment of his health.
The boys were put in foster care last year, when the man’s ex-wife was hospitalised for a mental breakdown and suspected overdose. The man, who cannot be named under the Child and Family Services Act, had not seen either of his them for more than a year. In that time, he has lost 150 pounds, he said. Superior Court Justice M James ruled: ‘(The father’s) weight loss regime is itself a full-time job. So is parenting two high-needs children. One will inevitably have to give ground to the other.’ He said his decision was also based upon the man’s former marijuana use and documented violent outbursts.
He noted that the man, who, did not know his own strength, had never hurt his children. –MO