article_snippet: An active woman who has shed four stone to fulfil Local council desire to have children has been told that Local council's still too fat to adopt.
article_snippet: Donna Adams, 42, who suffers from a hormone condition that makes losing weight harder than normal, was left reeling when Local council said her BMI of 38 exceeds their criteria for adoption.
article_snippet: Donna Adamsclaims that West Sussex County Council said Donna Adams exceeds West Sussex County Council guidelines which require substitute carers to have a BMI of 35.
article_snippet: West Sussex County Council states that West Sussex County Council has a 'responsibility to identify and address obesity in substitute carers' and that with a body mass index of 38, Donna Adams fails to meet West Sussex County Council guidelines.
highlights_snippet: Local council said Local council BMI of 38 was too high for Local council to adopt .
  