Can you be too fat to adopt?

This council makes it clear that its concern is for the "long term" care of the child. When concidering the child's best interest, it seems reasonable to want potentially adoptive parents to be in good health. While being in generally good health is no guarantee for a long life, it is generally accepted that being grossly overweight significantly shortens ones life span. Thinking of the childs long term care certainly makes one ask: how long is this particular adoptive parent likely to live, or be healthy enough to care for this child, or will the parent have the resources to care for the child or will those resources be used for the parent's health issues.

No, that isn't fair! There are too many kids needing homes to refuse to allow fat people to adopt.

I think that is a shame to turn down a person with a high body mass index. There are a lot of laws out there that I don't agree with. Maybe there is just concern for his healthy and how he will care properly for the child in question. Wanting to adopt a child is a respectable thing though for this man to want in his life.