Three Criteria for CPS Intervention in Childhood Obesity According to this: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3117590/ Three criterias must be met before a CPS case can be filed against childhood obesity. (1) a high likelihood that serious imminent harm will occur; (2) a reasonable likelihood that coercive state intervention will result in effective treatment; and (3) the absence of alternative options for addressing the problem. Apparently from my understanding of this, when an obese child starts developing symptoms of morbid obesity like labored breathing at least and the parents refuse to have them eat less, then CPS can remove the child. To me, this is way too lax since there's too many fat kids suffering and their parents aren't doing shit.