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Unless they have or are at risk of an actual eating disorder, no one should have to eat anything they don't want to eat. That doesn't mean they automatically get offered an alternative, but if their choice is not to eat something, that's their fundamental choice.

[glib]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Unless they have or are at risk of an actual eating disorder, no one should have to eat anything they don't want to eat. That doesn't mean they automatically get offered an alternative, but if their choice is not to eat something, that's their fundamental choice.

This is an 8 year old developing child, not a 40 year old obese man. It will be in safeguarding policy to ensure that all children eat. For some it will be their only meal that day.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by glib

This is an 8 year old developing child, not a 40 year old obese man. It will be in safeguarding policy to ensure that all children eat. For some it will be their only meal that day.

You judge if a child is under-nourished based on their size and overall health - not arbitrarily on whether or not they ate a cheese sandwich one day. If they're consistently not eating that's another matter that needs looked into. Not fancying what's on offer for lunch one day is not a safeguarding issue.

[glib]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

You judge if a child is under-nourished based on their size and overall health - not arbitrarily on whether or not they ate a cheese sandwich one day. If they're consistently not eating that's another matter that needs looked into. Not fancying what's on offer for lunch one day is not a safeguarding issue.

You can’t judge an 8 year old kid’s health based on their ‘size’. This child may have the ideal body shape but be severely undernourished.

Cheese sandwiches are also seemingly a daily occurrence at this school, what’s to say she’s not a repeat offender, and this was the final straw for the teachers ? Has she been throwing her sandwiches in the bin secretly, pretending to eat them?