Mum of 18st 15-year-old says she ‘didn’t realise’ son was obese until his hip collapsed due to his weight
THE MOTHER of an obese teenager has admitted she didn't think his size was a problem until his hip collapsed beneath his weight.
Professor Julian Hamilton-Shield explains in the programme that many of the hospital unit's junior patients follow a similar pattern, despite supervision from the clinic - and parents are often to blame."We don't like it — nobody likes it — but we probe. And sometimes it comes out and sometimes it doesn't.
"As a typical day's menu, he had a slice of toast for breakfast, a jacket potato with cheese and beans for lunch and the same for dinner with two pieces of fruit,' she says, after being found out.The programme also tells the story of Lily, who at five weighs 7st, and her mum Lana who struggles to control her appetite.
""She would go through all the cupboards and the freezers to get anything, every sort of food she could get her hands on,' she explains.Dr Julian Hamilton-Shield describes himself as a "detective" trying to work out why kids aren't losing weight"It was the same at nursery. I would get calls from the staff saying she was going into the kitchen trying to get food. I didn't really understand it — why she was the way she was.
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