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The paper provides an overview of cases of childhood obesity which were apparently caused by parental neglect of these children. In certain foreign countries particularly morbid obesity is considered a signal that the child's lifestyle is not acceptable. Social workers in these countries cooperate with other professionals (such as paediatricians etc.) in an attempt to construct more differentiated measures to search for these cases of childhood obesity more effective and possibly with less restrictive means of assistance. In comparison with these international experiences, the experiences of our social workers with this kind of childhood obesity as a warning signal seem apparently rather rare. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]