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4 July 2008
Improper vegan diet results in father’s child abuse conviction
On April 23, 2005, Blair Parker called 911 because his 3-year-old daughter seemed to be having a seizure.
Doctors in the emergency room found that the girl was emaciated – she weighed just 13 pounds – and they asked to examine Parker’s other two children.
His 11-year-old daughter was the size of a 5-year-old, and his 9-year-old son was the size of a 3-year-old. All of the children had been fed a diet that Parker and his wife misguidedly believed was a proper vegan diet, meaning that they eschewed all meat and fish and even dairy products.