Childhood obesity as a safeguarding issue: positive experiences with the "new home" environment as a treatment for weight management.

Objectives: Childhood obesity can lead to acute and chronic comorbidities and adult obesity, highlighting the need for prompt intervention. Families and caregivers play a vital role in treatment and when primary interventions fail, this may become a child protection issue.

Case Presentation: We present two cases of severe childhood obesity where targeted lifestyle interventions failed to impact weight status.