Supersized mini-me

This is just the latest in a series of big babies being born all over the world, but particularly in America (land of the fat and home of the junk food?).

Apart from the freakish fascination that this kind of story holds, my mind just boggles at how it's news that this kid is abnormally big, but not the possible reasons why: not one but two overweight parents, gestational diabetes, and a condition called macrosomia.

Sometimes bigger isn't better. It's not good to be overweight; it's even worse to be morbidly obese, as these parents obviously are. But this kid has absolutely no chance. Every possible fat gene that hasn't been discovered yet has probably been switched on in the womb, and every environmental factor that could possibly exist will ensure that she'll probably be obese her entire life. Overall, not the best start for life. Those parents shouldn't be sitting there, they should be taking the baby out for a walk.