OMG that's awful!  The childcare centre (particularly the staff in question) should be providing an apology to that mother.

I'm pretty shocked at some of the comments this article has induced.  Such as:

"Well she does look very chubby and the staff at the centre are just trying to help her lose some weight. The mother should learn to take some constructive criticism and get her child into a weight loss program now, before it is too late. Would she rather her daughter grow up obese or we she rather hear the truth and be able to do something while she still can.

Posted by: Andrew of Eastwood 8:44am today
Comment 38 of 126"

My nephew was so chubby he looked like one of those dogs from the toilet paper ads with his rolls and Michaela was a little buddha but they're both skin and bones now.  The weight just melted off them when they become active.  I hate to be rude to those of you that had skinny babies (I was a skinny baby too) but I think chubby babies are so much cuter.

Someone in the comments said "This is the "obesity epidemic" gone mad" and I agree with that.  We're so obsessed now with all being the same skinny figures and that's actually dangerous too (my 8yo niece who is absolutely gorgeous keeps trying to go on a diet).  IMO as long as you don't constantly feed your children convenience foods and do encourage them to play actively (rather than being couch potatos) obesity isn't going to be an issue.