A local authority in Britain is due to go to court today seeking a care order over an obese eight-year-old boy.
Social workers had decided last week to allow Connor McCreaddie, who weighs almost 90kg, to remain at home with his mother.
The child's mother, who has been blamed for overfeeding him with junk food, says her son will not eat healthy food such as fruits and vegetables and had rejected a suggestion that she put a lock on the fridge.
Connor McCreaddie and his mother Nicola McKeown at their home in Wallsend, Newcastle
Today, a judge will consider a care application order brought by North Tyneside Metropolitan Council.
The council had considered taking him into care amid concerns that his weight could cause health problems. But it said after last week's meeting with Connor and his mother, Nicola McKeown (35), that he should stay at his home in Wallsend, Newcastle.
Ms McKeown had dismissed allegations she had been neglecting her son, who is four times the healthy weight of same-age children and was even heavier at 218lb (99kg) before Christmas.
Connor has lost one-and-a-half stone since the start of the year after his mother sought advice from health workers and a dietician.