Replying to Is childhood obesity a form of abuse?

Is allowing a child to become fat because of the shitty lifestyle the parents provide a form of child abuse?

Im torn on this. The act of allowing your child to become fat is not malicious. It is however neglectful. Neglect at a certain level is abuse, is it not?

if neglecting to feed a child until the child becomes ill is child abuse and punishable by law, why is it not the same for making them fat and ill?

Is it because they wont die from being fat right away like they will from malnourishment?