“It's not the fatness of the parent that determines the fatness of the child. It's the laziness of the parent.

Those people that feed their kids on crap and then just let them sit around watching TV or playing on the X-Box should be ashamed of themselves. They may be mothers and fathers - but they're not parents.

Kids will naturally want the sugary stuff - it gives them a taste 'hit' but, as MM said, a parent has to able to say 'NO' and mean it.”

“Sam ur an ilituret bafoonn”

“Luke u r talkin nonscensce lean meats, fish, veg, sweet potatoes, nuts, fruit, natural cheese r not natcheral as it is more natcheral to grow as big as posibl speshully wen their is a war on as their now is, wen did yu eva see a fat terrurist not oftun thay are mosly like rakes thats y thay where shapeless cloves init allso wen u av to stand up an defend our fat ppl aginst terrur u wil reelize how much betr it is 2b fat coz in the front line otherwise their wud be gaps. Dont try to undamine democrisy with conspirisy thirees fat ppl av a part 2 play lets b greatful for their braverry in confrunting 2days bigr choys of fud producks menny of whitch r forrun an so probly resposnibl if u dont like it u shud moov to Indiyer”

“I see all the Mail readers are out in force again picking on the less fortunate . As a chubby chaser i say it is your loss and no the meat is not sweete rnear the bone . So take no notice all you ladies size 8 and over you are all georgeous.”

“It's not so much educating the children that is needed, it's the parents who need a nutrition course and pamphlet/folder given to them at birth telling them what too feed their kids (and themselves for that matter) and guideline calorie intakes for different age ranges.

The simple way to look at food is, if it didn't have or come from something with a face or wasn't grown in the ground then chances are it is bad for you, and this should be relayed onto your children as well.

The best way to control a kids diet is to start off by not giving them the crap in the first place. A great example is a couple I'm friends with, they have a 5 year old daughter who despises cake, none fruit ice cream and sweets. Why? Because they never exposed her to them as a child. They said the best way to stop her eating junk was to never give her it in the first place, ie 'you never miss what you havn't had' and it works brilliantly. When she goes to partys she drinks water or fruit juice, wont drink pop or eat cake or sweets because she doesnt like them! And her favourite breakfast is steak and cucumber...

People nowadays have a very poor nutritional understanding, and there is no wonder we have an obesity problem in our country as people simply dont know what they are putting in their mouths.

People should look back to our cave man roots for the ideal diet. Foods like lean meats, fish, veg, sweet potatoes, nuts, fruit, natural cheese etc are what we were designed to eat. But instead we poison our bodys with processed grains like rice, pasta, breads and cereals thinking they are good for us because they are low in fat. WRONG! They are bad because they dont digest properly and are full of carbs, which turn to sugar and make you fat. And to compound the problem, we eat sweets, crisps biscuits and drink fruit juice and fizzy drinks in excess, giving us more sugar to add to the mountain of carbs we ate for our evening meal.

Want to be healthy and raise healthy children? Eat like we were designed to and get daily exercise. It doesn't cost much more, and is there really a price worth putting on your own or your childrens health?”

“This article makes me chuckle, as do alot of the comments, I am overweight, and much to all you fat people haters shock, I also have 2 children, so yes some mad bloke did do the deed!
The article makes me chuckle because I may be overweight but I'm also not stupid, if you overeat or overfeed your kids you and them will get fat, it aint rocket science is it. My kids are not overweight, one has a tendency to be bigger, but the other is like a lat, as was his dad in his teens.
It doesnt need money wasting on this sort of education because any parent who professes not to know why they kids are overweight is talking rubbish.
And as for all you fat hating people who go on about the unattractiveness etc of larger people, you obviously are the typical shallow type of person our society seems to be breeding these days, you never heard of personality, or do you lot have relationships purely with the outer shell of people, god how boring!!”

“i disagree that all 'fatties' breed fat children, im overweight and not proud of it,the way people stare and judge me, but my kids are not fatties they arent fat at all, i am strict about what treats they can have and when. i feel it is a vicious circle being overweight, people stare and i feel guilty for the way i am so i start comfort eating.”

“Nice picture of Emma and her mates running in protest at the mega dairy .”

“Slim Lover - it's a bit like when we use to be picked for teams in PE - lardy was always last. Well if only boys and girls did PE together, you'd get a glimpse of what you'd be left with in life unless you stopped faking a letter from Mummy to get out of PE.
Of course alcohol, stag nights and a bet with the lads probably has a lot to do with it ;-)
Caring Conservative - greggs dandruff - that's funny”

“I think it would help if we paid these people an extra benefit added to their child allowance as long as they don't earn over 52k a year . The extra benifit could then be used for gym time ,visits to suchi shops rather than the local burger outlet.There is no worse sight than seeing a lady who has let her weight balloon pushing ayoung tyke in a buggy with greggs dandruff in the tykes hair. So come on all you people lets help these folk , not ridicule them as "fatties".”