30 scaffolders, builders, police, fire and ambulance crew rescued 63st teenager from her home

Thing is, as has been said she was sent to a fat camp in the states where she learnt how to control her diet etc and the staff at the camp said she'd done really well and was coping with her new diet regime.

She came back here and it was reported that she'd said she desperately wanted to go back and the weight started piling back on. One could be forgiven for assuming that she's purposely put the weight back on, expecting to be sent back to the states as before, however the powers that be were wise to this and refused to send her. (quite rightly)

Personally I think she should be institutionalised in a mental health facility and diet restricted. It's quite evident that she cannot look after herself and her 'parents' aren't fit to do so either.

I do feel for those that genuinely do have weight issues and try their hardest to combat them, but this case is not one of them in my opinion, she's done this on purpose, probably through some deep-seated need for attention.

I'm sorry if these views offend you but I won't apologise for having them.
 
I agree with you Resident & don't think you've phrased that in a way that could offend :)

I do think the parents can take more credit for it though - the large one couldn't even leave the house, so clearly didn't have a job. The only way she could acquire the vast amount of foods required to become so rotund is if they bought it for her.

There's even a quote in the article:
'When I arrived my mum said she hadn't had time to prepare any healthy food so we had fish and chips instead,' she said.
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The mum clearly didn't care... this is about her first night back from the states...
 
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Dannyb01y said:
I dont blame the parents. At 19 you should be able to take responsilibty for your own actions.
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Yes... should... if you've been raised correctly.

She clearly hasn't, was still living at home, did not have a job... doesn't matter that she is 19... she's still a child & she was on a path to this well before she could ever have been considered an adult.

100% the parents fault, 0% the girls fault.
 
joxang said:
OK, at this point I gotta ask, do you actually know what you're talking about or are you just talking random ****?

I did a quick pubmed search, couldn't find anything from the past decade supporting what you're saying. Want to quote these studies you're on about?

Denial is still completely different from anorexic dysmorphia. If you take a group of anorexics and put 100 images in front of them of people with different BMIs, and ask them to rate them on a normality scale, you get the obvious results where either only the low BMI photos get rated as normal, or the normal BMI and low BMI photos get rated equally normal.

As far as I know, you don't get this in obesity. Denial is a personal thing and a totally different kettle of fish (being fat is ok, it won't harm my health, smoking is fine, I'm not an alcoholic etc).
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This is just a subject i am interested in as i do not believe it is getting enough study as it is classed as a "sign of the times", Like Anorexia and Bulimia, obesity has many subclasses, In my opinion one of the most common types of the obesity eating disorder is OBE (Obese Binge Eating), This is much like Bulimia but without the "purge", People who suffer from OBE may perceive on a day to day basis that they do not actually eat a lot when in fact they Binge but maybe only once a day and they have the thought that "oh well i have started these chocolates (for instance), i might as well eat them all thus getting rid of the temptation for the next day" This is also why people suffering with OBE will not keep up with a diet, They may do it for a while and then have one day when they go off the rails which then instead of picking up the diet again the next day they feel they will just have a few more takeaways and then try to diet again "tomorrow", Most sufferers from OBE will Yo Yo Diet for their whole lives. Another side effect of OBE is that many will feel shame after binge eating (much like Bulimia) and this shame will build, whilst the person is Binge eating though they feel better, Much like alcoholism.

Also Denial is a big factor in all types of Obesity, If you get someone to fill in a food chart for a couple of months, They may start by putting every food item consumed but i bet over the span of these months many food items will be missing, This is a form of denial, It is not done on purpose it is because the person probably things "it's only 1 chocolate bar" or "i will complete it properly tomorrow as i am ashamed of what i have eaten today".

I also thing obesity is a cultural and societal thing these days, 30 years ago you would eat 3 times a day (if lucky) and this was because food was not so readily available, These days most people could buy fast food within 5 minutes of their homes, Also people tend to eat the 3 square meals a day as before but during these meals they will snack. People also have a lot more wealth these days so spending £30 on a takeaway is not seen as a lot of money. Also a factor is that we all work silly hours and are either too tired or just do not have enough time to eat well.

Obesity really is a wide branching subject of which i have read lots about and there still does not seem to be a definitive answer or solution.

edit: This is the journal i found interesting in regards to OBE

http://journals.cambridge.org/downl...47a.pdf&code=190cc08b65f3623a2cf84720c13bb8d5
 
Dannyb01y said:
Poppycock. 100%



I'm surprised her toilet didnt.
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At least I offered reason for my opinion...

She should have had the ability to control herself... this ability was not passed down to her and, in fact, her face-stuffing was effectively encouraged by the parents.

She could not have had access to the food without the parents, they could have easily controlled this.

Despite this, when she's been in another country for 9 months, she returns to be greated by a mother who couldn't be bothered to go shopping for anything healthy and instead pushes fish and chips on her.

At what stage of this could she have bought her own food? None... she was a kid, then housebound and has not had a job.

Yes - it is wholly and completely the fault of the parents.
 
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paradigm said:
Yes, and I have done in the past. Oddly enough the people I know who were (yes were) anorexic have themselves admitted that it was their own will power to stop that was the problem.

Same as smoking tbh.
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C'mon man, it's not their fault dammit! It's never anyone's fault. If anything, this girl need to receive compensation for her inability to put the fork down. Just need to find who's fault it is. One thing I know, it's not hers :rolleyes:
 
Candle factory? Would create jobs for some time!

This is why I think we should be somewhere in between USA and NHS system
 
Friends leave messages of support and say she was 'stressed' by the ordeal
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The crane has friends!

Simple solution:
Give her fixed chains preventing her from escaping. Then, Once she has shrunk down enough, she will fit through the chains and be able to escape.
 
At 63 stone, what would the calorific value of her blubber be, and more importantly, how long would it power a tallow engine turning an AC generator?

In short, let's hook this fogbeast up to the national grid!
 
I think it's a form of child abuse really.

Some parents spoil their kids by buying them whatever they want and giving in to anything they demand. They're doing it because they love their child, but it usually results in the child growing up into a socially inadequate adult who can't cope with the real world.

Parents like this try and please their children by giving them burgers and chocolates, and all the tasty stuff kids like to eat. I don't think she got her fish and chips because she didn't want to cook...... she got it because she knew that's what her daughter likes eating, and wanted to please her daughter after not seeing her for so long.
 
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