This kind of story is one reason why I am so adament about, and dedicated to, feeding my children as healthy as I possibly can, and avoiding as much as possible foods that work against the benefits of a healthy diet.
Feeding children (and equally as important, the parents who care for the children!) correctly is incredibly easy, and works remarkably.
I was incredulous to discover that through the entire article linked to above made absolutely no mention of the diet and nutritional intake of the deceased child or the neglectful parents. Consider this snippet:
Williams told police that the night before she died, Rebecca was pale and seemed "out of it." At one point, the little girl knocked weakly on her parents' bedroom door and softly called for her mommy, but Michael Riley opened the door a crack and yelled at her to go back to her room, Williams said.
Poor Rebecca. Poor Michael Riley, who I can only assume was probably severely malnourished himself and probably still is.
When will our society wake up to this? When will malnourishment and addictions to large food companies' disease-promoting products be given the same treatment in the media as tobacco smoking and abuse of prescription drugs?