Raising Kids on Junk Food | Full Documentary | Fast Food Baby

[Music] fast food is everywhere he likes KFC chicken I get scraps fish and chips I think it's bad for your Erie our kids just can't get enough of it but he does love fizzy pop law cans probably on average see six well today I got no control of Wally's and now we're rearing a nation of fast food babies I say tooth decay iron deficiency anemia rickets even it's a ticking time bomb of massive health problems they are a recipe for heart disease diabetes we meet three families with three different fast food problems a clan of takeaway addicts whose diet is shared by even their tiniest tot a 19 month old whose mum and dad are frightened by his refusal to eat healthy food Michael and a three-year-old whose mum has never cooked him a healthy meal can have a small Donna meet some of chips retainer mayonnaise please all the families desperately want help they're teaming up with experts to see if their babies can kick the habit I just think we just need to just be ringing back in and just start from scratch with it but if I've got experts help and I've got someone telling me what to do and then I'll be able to change it 19 month old Cuba fish from Cardiff is a fast food baby [Music] he likes MacDonald he likes KFC he likes means young he likes his pizzas also his chips with printless salt massive Cuba has one big problem his whole family are takeaway addicts most people have a Friday night takeaway we have many Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday night takeaway [Music] the takeaways are soaked in harmful saturated fat Cuba's consuming half a litre of oil or we construction Assessor Simon could be a driving force behind this fast-food feeding are we on restore guarantee the Friday and Saturday for me on the weekend I take the case McDonald's Simon's long working hours means he spoils Cuba rotten it's hard to say no to it you know he's got a lovely big cute smile if Cuba's mum Sam does cook a whole meal the reception is lukewarm pastor do you I believe I do many by pastor from sharp crime doing girls children's when do we do that in it yeah right they were out then it's like shock go faster then nobody eats a and then they all went off and I'm left with just mess so everyone this pastor Sam works two days a week as a banking consultant the other five are spent pleading her home meticulously I just fed the pallino so I go means eating out about that and we're never like dishes brilliant kuberan sister's Cleo and Shay also have free reign to ponder the sweetie cupboard if I were to see a number I would say at least 50 times for the day he helps himself I got no control Waleed's whilst the girls have learnt self-control Cuba hasn't the toddler knocks all the fast food back with an unbelievable amount of cola up to six cans a day it's out of control Cuba can't sleep and Sam is now worried about his health I'm totally conscious of it now I just think maybe I just need to just be ringing back in and just start from scratch with him I just don't know where to start a treaty I think with it Sam is prepared for change but is Simon too sure about the fast foods quite enjoy that I think he chose that so I won't like was stopped too much away [Music] the person responsible for sorting out family health in the local community is Jane Imperato she's a hugely experienced family health visitor who spent 20 years coaxing families onto healthy diets I think that I am reasonably firm I think I'm a good parent to my parents who behaves to crack his problem Jane will have to crack the whole family tell me all about what's been happening and what you feel your main issues are well we're just absolutely drained two into guys who Jane is yes and it's not eating properly I'm totally aware that he's not and I takeaways to have in a week at least five at least five don't know what's in those takeaways I'm generally speaking they're going to be high in fats and salt and sugar and basically they are a recipe for heart disease diabetes okay cancer okay okay his diet at the moment some took Bad's worse than bad it's dreadful I said it's really bad yes Cuba is consuming three thousand two hundred calories a day seven hundred more than is healthy for a grown man there are long-term health risks but in his short 19 month life Cuba's diets may already be taking its toll my main concern is that he might be anemic because he's not having an iron rich diet she's right okay that's quite scary really isn't it and it's been quite long-term this day it's been as well to be honest how long has it been going on for exactly as long as he's been born in the UK one in eight toddlers are now iron deficient this can in the worst cases slow a child's development Cuba will need a blood test to see if his anemic right now Jane lays down the ground rules for the whole family we need to stop cooking in this household I want him on three meals a day it's not no it's not talking about Sam I need you to back Sam up when you're looking after the children I need you to cook for them and maybe yes yes you may be given Jimmy you can sign you can cook just gain the time myself obviously yes and we're saying that you didn't like the mess involved oh the mess he made this is everyday I do the dishes assembling there behind me clean finger but you see the thing is is that you've got to get your priorities straight we need the mess okay unfortunately sorry about that isono yeah the sweetie cupboard Simon is going it has to be gone I'm serious wait really serious seriously it has to go so just by getting rid of that it means that Cuba's going to have to forage for more bananas see yours losing the sweetie cupboard will be particularly tough for Cleo and Shay what we're going to do is we're going to get rid of the sweetie cupboard and you've got to be brave about this it's not so much that you're the problem the problem is your little brother you've got to set him a good example what do you think okay sorry girls laughing okay the grown-ups are in charge me daddy can control back yeah yeah [Music] [Laughter] [Music] we're not being me we're being cruel to be kind yeah for the sacrum really completely out of control I've never come across a single family before but actually just lived on takeaway food and just did no cooking whatsoever it was it's it's true it is to an extreme it really is Jane allows just one take away a week as motivation their diets been turned on its head if it's all easy to agree we cook every night and make a plan it sounds really good and I want it away I don't like it yeah I feel really really sacks I'm not cooking tonight tomorrow [Music] for the hih winnin family and sorry it's not fast food eating parents that's the problem [Music] full-time ankara and sports event coordinator Gareth eat a balanced diet and prepare 19 month old Michael healthy food for every meal its Dindin I actually love cooking and I'll cook dinners for fresh from scratch we pretty healthily to be honest the trouble is the more they try and control his eating like ah the more Michael rebels that was very no you don't do that you don't do that very naughty very naughty this is what it's like every mealtime [Applause] it's affecting Cara and Garrett's relationship me and Gareth will them you know be stressed each other because of what's going on and having to clean up all the food and yeah it's it's a stressful time Michael sit down please every meal ends the same way Cara and Gareth resorts of fast food feeding it doesn't help that they live directly above a fish and chip shop and can I get a regular cards and small chips please when I give him fast food I do feel like a bad parent I really do but I just think to myself if it is eating something but then you know that that's better than having nothing thank you very much Steve we've got food in it and we can't give him the right things but we've got to give him something good here so the end result is that Michael is one toddler who knows how to get exactly what he wants the shopping trolley always fills up with his favorite fast food I go Mikey on an average day like Cuba in Cardiff he's clocking up a whopping 3000 calories Michaels bad habits began after he became seriously ill Michael came down with meningitis when he was six months old the doctors were telling us that it was very very serious you know we were sort of preparing ourselves and thinking the worst when I cried moans I it was very stressful yeah that's two of them nearly dying sorry I can't even explain how terrible I mean for any child to go through that especially when it's yours it just is heartbreaking eat up think it's definitely affected how we behave with Michael because we give in to him we just like spoil him a bit more than you know maybe we would if he hadn't have had meningitis where most babies are starting to come off milk onto a normal diet Michael was fighting for his life [Music] for Cara twice a week it's a walk of shame into Michael's toddler group [Music] [Music] all the other children have taken some fruit and vegetables out of the pots in the middle put them on their plate and they're all eating them I always have to bring stuff with me to play otherwise he won't be what the other children their company's fruit Michael come and sit down and eat your fruit I feel really embarrassed as among giving my son like sweets and crisps and chocolate and stuff because I do want to give him healthy stuff but it's just because he doesn't eat it I want to give him something rather than nothing but yeah I would say I'm I am embarrassed year kara and Gareth are desperate for help under meeting dr. Katherine Dendy ex-head of feeding at Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital as a clinical psychologist she looks at the deep-seated reasons why children refuse healthy food I've come along actually today to see Michael having a meal and just being able to experience with you what happens and as far as possible if you could just do what you would normally do so Katherine sits back and observes a typical mealtime put in your mouth time to eat carrot please as usual Cara and Gareth end up giving in to Michael's demands and put him in his favorite spot on the sofa in her consultation Katherine starts with the impact of Michael's meningitis it seems to me that what's happened to Michael is that this really really important stage of weaning and building up the new tastes and the new textures has been interrupted and you've been feeling really really anxious about him if he starts eating something do you say great more often yeah and and it just it's it's like a circus in there even if he's like those the slightest bit something's not right just yeah very tiniest bit yes inside he is keen to put his hands into things and try them out and you actually used a very interesting phrase you said don't play with your food Michael and I know we're all brought up not to play with our food yeah and I thought uh actually what we want him to do is play with his food his table manners will come later what I would like you to do is to take him to some classes that have run for little children to help him get used to fruit and veg and actually end up popping them in his mouth and maybe even enjoying them done in a fun way Katherine will be referring Michael to a children's feeding expert called Lucie Thomas for practical support while she will work with Cara and Gareth on the reasons behind their anxieties I'll give you two that to start with just in case you want some more Holly Evans lives in Runcorn there's no battle here over fruit and veg his reached the grand old age of three without his mum ever having cooked him a healthy meal each week he eats around two portions of Donna meat eight pieces of fried chicken four portions of chips two frozen pizzas and 20 frozen nuggets worst of all hail guzzle 24 glasses of fizzy drink every seven days he's basically eating 2 1/2 kilo packets of sugar and there's one big reason his eating what his mum eats the and can I have a small time to meet with chips we've changed our mayonnaise please I always like fast food it's just quicker easier someone's made it for you don't have to suck it I'm waiting for it to cook it tastes nice it's good not about local are usually all just about every night sometimes it's not always a kebab it's like KFC or something else but mainly as girls team mum Taylor had Harley when she was just 15 sister Tiana followed two years later and she combines being a single mum with studying part tiny bouquet her for you Taylor is frazzled and Harley is becoming more of a handful every day [Music] recently of notice the Harley is more hyperactive danny has been it's probably due to the foods that easy [Music] pepperoni or cheese Taylor's mum Mandy helps out during the week and has major concerns about what Taylor feat Holly and herself you've missed all the good food out [Music] stages to me so if you're gonna buy pasta by a pasta party can absolutely chocolate please a little bite no last time tell you I had a vegetable it was from the kebab shop deep fried in the form of chips with cheese on top if she carries on the way she is she's gonna end up obese so then everyone got far no but if you carry on woodsy takeaways that's how it's got about an exercise well how do you exercise to buy a bottle because they have a packet or what so that exercise Hartley's diet really does need to change now because otherwise that's you will think it's the norm to eat what Taylor's giving him it's just not healthy [Music] Taylor should know more than most what her diet could be doing to Harley last year she suffered a heart attack they couldn't find any no explanation for it they said the only thing they can put it down to it was all the stress of pregnancy wouldn't ever ever want to go through that ever again he was always four days of knife I think even the doctors and everyone was shocked with their age with a being so young he just don't expect it to happen Taylor has been told to change her diet to avoid any more stress to her heart I carry on eating the way I'm probably won't be here in ten years time obviously I think we have arguments because I am concerned about Taylor that she carries on it could lead to another heart attack and that could leave her children without a mom basically it's a tragedy that mandy hopes can be avoided if Taylor takes action right now [Music] [Applause] Haylee entire system I have come to see you after talking to her mum Tayloe agrees to see community dietitian Hayley cutter who specializes in pediatric nutrition can you say that number that shows you what big boy you are one in five children in the UK are now overweight by the age of five a junk food generation is a ticking time bomb for a really worrying amount of problems I'm seeing a lot of overweight and obese children at the moment I see tooth decay constipation rickets even from lack of vitamin D these are all caused by an unbalanced diet according to this BMI it is above average and we're gonna need to watch his food intake yeah really these takeaways is hardly having as well everything I've got he wants okay and if you say you can't have us I don't think I've ever said he called those give okay do you think he copies here yeah Haley is most concerned about the enormous amounts of sugary Cola that Harley is consuming you might be able to measure out how much do you think let's say about that do you wanna have a go because it's more than that I'm afraid oh haha Leo's keep going that is about how much sugar you mr. Harley are eating in one day it's about 150 grams there Harley is having almost four times the amount of sugar that is recommended for his age not surprising as diet-wise he's just a mini version of his mum do you think your sugar intake would be more or less can you show me how much more you think you have a good day okay raise you have me a bit more than that should we try again yeah is this a day this is in one day that's keep going oh my god yeah that's it that's 500 grams Taylor and one day Taylor is having ten times the recommended daily amount for a grown woman sugary foods give us instant burst of energy and they push our blood sugar levels up we also crash our blood sugar levels go down and we end up tires and grumpy and irritable and teary and mad do you think yeah can you maybe explain for me why you think you ate like this you think maybe if I could show you how to eat healthily and it was cheaper with that without even interest here yeah that's so you won't even get lost for a [Music] Halley set some clear guidelines for a healthy diet to start straight away it's gonna be hard by the time you best and with Harley as well I'm just not gonna buy any stuff in laughter be really strict with myself she's forgotten that food and health are connectors so she has no idea that the sugar the fat the saturated fats the salt that she's putting in her body is having any effect whatsoever on her health in Cardiff Sam fish is facing a huge struggle to get Cuba on the right nutritional track his current diet is likely to cause anemia which in some cases can slow down a child's development he said a norm effect that is diet that we have loaded into have is affecting him those who have a blood test now it could be with me may obviously affected in his house it is making faith bit guilty right okay we're just gonna pop this little strap on his arm doesn't hurt it's just a bit of pressure okay okay yeah let's pop this on a minute mate put it nice and tight okay there's a good boy no we shouldn't feel that okay okay sorry okay okay okay well at all that it's traumatic for Cuba was traumatic for me it's just the results will come through in a couple of weeks back at home Sam is determined to start changing her family's diet in you we have cereal Weetabix studios there's raisins raisins covered in your gas there's breadsticks well if you're agreeing that's what's fair there's one packet of biscuits which are oats biscuits so they make it oh and there's no chocolate on them Sam's also facing up to her fears of a messy kitchen and has been cooking fresh meals for the last two evenings the problem is Simon is finding it hard to cut out the junk yesterday he was in charge of the kids no you didn't make an effort sign I was nearly in tears Mike Morken work Friday I was really really to play with you I think you knew I was disappointed I was are you doing yeah and I'm not say I don't think this could be realistic to be honest we do to get rid of everything you know if he is anemic from his diet really is amazing we gotta take responsibility class style oh hey get me fox naso cuttlefish some yeah cake I can't believe today good boy you are Hey look at me tonight Sam's hard work is paying off tube is actually eating for the first time ever and it's not chips in a salt pepper Ami's and this list should be more two days I got my four seconds no a mile of seconds by dream yeah you're calling man and yo just going that way [Music] in Runcorn home-cooked meals and nowhere to be seen the less time nineteen year old Taylor spends cooking for Harley the more time she can spend being a teenager how you getting on with this what's he in now service dippers and Smiley's so even and what he's just like not having all crap in this way that was his favorite word I used to take him out and that you'd be the first one wanted me to celebrate we should come on you just got smart heimo places signal faces I'm the chicken difference would you like three like your smiley faces one two three right would you like to put that back for me three weeks into what's meant to be a new routine three year old Harley is still on his fast food diet just might lease deposition sauce oh so they're easier to eat yeah what about you Smiley's gonna try some of them I haven't really been able to achieve any of the girls that Haley set because I've had things going on in me life from you might be preoccupied when I first got the nose like yeah I'm up for a challenge I'll do this let me had them like yeah we'll do this I want to do this but then the reality of life didn't fit him with your lifestyle with difficult clients dietician Haley cooter will sometimes use a more dramatic approach to drive the dangers home and with sugar mad Harley there's one immediate danger has you been to the dentist before no I'm scared of the dentist you're scared of the dentist nearly 30,000 children under five are admitted to hospital every year with severe tooth decay you just see on the side of this tooth down here is that little mark just on the side see that what those little marks are are just very early signs of decay developing in the teeth so all these sugary drinks and the things are starting to actually have an impact on his teeth there now okay well done Holly [Music] it's a massive jolt for Taylor and a hard lesson about the harm she's doing to Harley it shocked me really of dentist said I knew that it would be hard and Harley's teeth but I didn't realize how much it was affecting his teeth but now at least John's gonna cook drink so altogether other than water or milk the same for me as well Taylor finally agrees to take expert advice on board and get started on changing her and Harley's diet she tells me that her mom and her friends and family are supporting her in this and yet she's not fully able to do it at the moment by herself so I do think a support group is going to be going to be useful even if it's just for some cooking or talking to other moms who are in a similar position Taylor finally realizes action is needed and is inspired to attend parent power a support group for young parents run by action for children at Halton youth service will be aired in Friday afternoon we cook healthy alternatives to popular foods like pizzas to Barbara's cakes oh yeah no set the house on fire I've got into me at the heart cook for a probably put it right healthy option pizzas Scarlet's me God hadn't decided to make a pizza Taylor's freshly prepared pizza contains around 470 calories whilst Harley's usual delivered variety would taught up a massive three thousand so please show them to different groups well obviously I don't know why I always think people gonna judge me for being a young single month before I call me yet I used to just our drought and put stuff in the air people their books started coming in a year and that started easing right past it and stuff on a stone I would have never got to be startin I thought yeah let's try this oh definitely come again not something I can take home with me I mean hardly can do you can actually sit and say oh I made my tea I made this and then I bring us closer together in a healthy way [Music] okay in sorry Cara and Gareth try and feed 19 month old Michael healthy home-cooked food every day since contracting meningitis a year ago their over controlling at mealtimes and Michael's rebelling look at this mess look at this mess Michael only to eat some Nana Nana next Michaels been referred to feeding expert Lucy Thomas to give Cara and Gareth some practical support my classes are all about offering parents with young children the opportunity to come and explore and experiment with fruits and vegetables anyone who doesn't get to feel something and maybe smell it if you're not quite sure what it's like it's not like you're not just going to pick something up and put it straight in your mouth are you so it's giving Mike all those experiences in a fun way and making it really positive for him fantastic Michael Michael do you want to come and pick a beetroot ah yes come on then come and pick a beetroot one for you and one for daddy one and another one that's it take one for daddy take it back to Daddy Michael that's it oh we're gonna have three we do [Music] I would like everybody to brush their teeth cheese without the stress and pressure of his usual mealtimes Michael becomes adventurous with the fruit and veg stir the soup round and round we stir we blow we kiss we make the slurping sound can I hear the slurping system a lovely soup slurping going on here today has Michael had beetroot soup before Wow fantastic it's a mini triumph for Michael he's touched his food had a play and a little nibble I was brilliant today I really loved it really enjoyed it Michael Reed took to it very well it's picked up a few things already which nothing or definitely do at home until next week we come in every week now [Music] over the next week Gareth tries to take the classroom fun into the home gonna come back up some more come on please come on you need some lights on come on more no you brush your teeth it's not like any of it you did the other day mm-hmm the other day and I boat sorry this isn't going down well Betty nearly every bit out Michael's making small changes but his parents are not the fruit of their surface that we just tried there I don't I'm not keen on that anyway just a matter of confidence for me though as well as both Cara and gareth's relationship is still suffering and meal times are still chaos thankfully their first consultation with dr. Katherine is scheduled what particularly is it that he's not gonna beat his milestones and maybe miss out on things move it slowly I guess really scared when he doesn't eat enough I think he's like he won't be able to tell us and he'll get thinner and thinner and I don't know I just I he's gonna get so hungry in the stuff and you know you're right there with the sort of emotion that wasn't around when he was ill yeah yeah is he unhappy to see look at those for energy is he reaching his milestones say vasilia good without we know he's all this is we know he's okay like yes I think we were too quick to get stressed aren't we yeah yeah children and naturally suspicious of food and use all their senses to work out what's okay to eat we're going to play a game together and I hope it's going to be fun and it's about experiencing how Michael feels when he's presented with food that he has not a clue about hopefully what Cara of Gareth going to do is feel what it's like for Michael I just have to warn you that some of them are not edible is a lot edible that's nice I've had so would you eat that no well done it smells food so I put you out of your misery it's an iron and tonic you know tonic kind of yeah now if you're Michael and I put some food in front of you and I say eat that it's good for you what's Michael going to do he's gonna reach out he's going to touch it and feel it and he might do some squishing yeah and that's really important that's not bad manners that's what is this children when they're presented with a new food need on average 16 tastes of it 16 times to actually get used to it it's so strange to see it from Michael's point of view new foods tasting it smelling feeling [Laughter] in Cardiff mum Sam has been sticking to the new regime for a month but today dad Simon is in charge of Cuba and the girls what we're going to do we're going to be big Morty now I always treat my girls especially on a Friday we'll sneak off to the cake shop no matter where we are and I will treat him with some cakes cos Simon is sneaking in snacks behind Sam's back but we don't tell mummy do me girls come on we have me oh look at this which ones you want you got a fake come on let's go back to the car quick enjoy that I got it I can't wait I change theum chicken tikka for another lamb pasanda please back at home there's more fast food on the menu as the fish family are tucking into their one weekly takeaway right let's keep us more chips yes my chips for all week it's meant to be there as a reward for all their good work we have one of these three just now we go since James come along James Bond takeaways yeah you look happy now Dan you happy Chaffey you got your peas are they nice mmm yum yum yum in Cuba's term we missed our takeaways girls I have I've been actually looking forward to this all day keep it going stock in Oh Cuba it should be a time for celebration instead the truth behind Simon's secret cake raid comes out all right Jane taking a one tree try identify you had three or four cakes to eat you should shake like two gingerbread men shared chakra flake Shiites a Custer slice and she had one of those um cherry biscuits that's disgusting and noxious she had small one even in they'll use trainees best there's still a huge amount to do health visitor Jane's making her second visit to the family home what you most missing from your diet oh this we don't think if Sam wasn't yeah and she was a move I could have quite easy checked all the kids in the console we're get some chicken quite easy you know succumb to temptation oh yeah I've got a challenge for you Simon oh thank you to go and buy your most favorite fast food family takeaway yeah the fried chicken and chips do I get sweeter what I'm going to try and do is to put your face like I'm just going to do a few home truths perfect okay good luck don't get pull bristle in that happen Kelly checking the balls are on your way then nope oh forget it babe [Laughter] Simon reunites himself with a super-sized bucket of fried chicken in lightning-quick time smell like sweet smells very very greasy ready it's more than eight pieces in this time no that's the spicy wing what kind of money 16 pieces chicken so would you normally afford this around for chicken yeah that's quite a lot of chicken isn't it yes Oh gross look you can actually squeeze it out can you yes because it's all bubbling to the surface a whole fish a gross yes Oh River see rivers of it all rivers of grease running down my hand how gross is that this should not be on your daily diet this is food gorged in harmful fat what exactly does that mean for Cuba so this is the amount of saturated fat that Cuba was getting in his diet every week he should have been having about a fifth of that amount okay so it's really bad news this is a heart attack diet yeah because what we're storing up is health problems for the future we've had this like three times in one week double me yeah maybe more yes every I'd never take away using top of those sort of tastes the other [Music] next Jane wants to make sure sisters Cleo and Shea aren't hiding away any snacks for a foraging Cuba way bye-bye sweetie soon old habits are hard to break it might seem tough on the girls but Jane has Cuba and the whole family's future health in mind in Surrey contraband is nowhere to be seen now what you can do Garrett is you can show my for how you can break the broccoli with the help of feeding expert Lucie Thomas Michael has spent the last two weeks exploring healthy food in the home and now when it comes to the table it won't be just something that's put down there and oh it's time to start eating here is my cords to keep a piece of the broth Alicia let's give Michael a piece of the broccoli to hold here we go look Michael would you like a hot one no okay well we gonna give it to mummy to cook broccoli for is it cuz it's your broccoli is that what it is is it your broccoli yeah because you did all the cutting thank you let's take it showed everyone then Michael is continuing to make small changes every day Cara and Gareth are much more relaxed with his progress [Music] seven weeks after her first visit psychologist dr. Catherine Dendy is doing a final check on Michael he's just picked up the biggest bit of broccoli and put it in his mouth and he's munching away [Laughter] I think before when we talked about the memories of him being diagnosed to going into the hospital this was understandably a really upsetting yeah we've never really openly talked about men and his meningitis before to anybody but after we had done we actually went home and talked about ourselves it's a big help just just to get things out and then I think we was bottling out too much just to see the way he is now yeah obviously picked up and everything so far and I don't think he's gonna have many problems you two together look much happier stressed all the time now we relaxed with each other don't argue I think in the future you're going to need to really be firm not only with Michael but actually with yourselves as well I think we've learned a lot of self definitely nothing will be able to do in Runcorn it's a week after the cooking class and Taylor is for the first time in her life starting to cook at home it's healthier for her heart and healthier for Harley super healthy pizzas wow I'm shocked at your mom making her own pizzas like piranhas show you what to do now right you get this and you screw you swim in the middle your friend and then you get the spray right put these in the oven I used to think I couldn't cook but it's evidently clear that I can't cook I didn't know everything could be able to do this anyway a dessert like a certificate or something his diet still isn't perfect but his cut down over half his sugar intake and is a much karma child doesn't seem as bad as he was in the beginning probably because he's not getting as much junk in him I feel so proud of myself for making these I understand now like why nyan was rolling at me I need to start healthy eating healthy because of mija and if I just ignore the facts of what happened I guarantee an hour dead that there's more chance that it will happen again and they don't want that for the kids realize now that the problem is lack of motivation and just laziness really but now of our people they're telling me what to do showing me how to do things and I've not just been left to my own devices and I'll know that I can't do things so then now I will carry on to do them I mean one will probably still do that giving me a kick up the backside telling me I need to do these things Holly which pizza is nicer that pizza or the pizza that comes with the kabob [Music] Cuba come on the flare in Cardiff Cuba's blood tests for anemia has finally come through he's borderline a new Mei which I sort of knew but at the wake-up call seat meeting Jane going through everything is I brought home so a God knows how bad he would have been if we carried on with the old diet he would have been severely anemic within another year with me so that's something that I'm glad we've nipped in about that the fish family have totally changed their eating habits Simon's curbed his fast food cravings and Sam is triumphing with her healthy home cooking cooking every day now to be honest with you which is not too bad Cuba's new diet is improving his sleep patterns and most importantly his now well on the way to beating his anemia what we were giving him before with the fight checking and stuff like that was way too much for them but we don't think it was affecting him as much as it was when you actually see it for yourself thinking you're gonna change although Sam may never quite get over her messy kitchens huge silver standard ultimately the whole family and of course Cuba are on the path to a healthier future looking back at it all now it was nothing to do with you but absolutely nothing so the problems definitely laid with us you know we didn't take control of I took control of our baby basically he was controlling us so it's definitely definitely with us [Music] you

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Id: B7Hh0PY1kks

Length: 55min 52sec (3352 seconds)

Published: Fri Jul 10 2020

Reddit Comments

[u/Hollandse_Herder]

My nephew was raised by a mother like this. He has been obese since he was a baby and at 25 years old has all kinds of health problems related to it. Very sad.

[u/eddyparkinson]

Question, does your food have a health rating?

I know some supermarkets have a 5 stars health rating system. I know most in supermarket in Australia have this and they copied the idea from a UK supermarket. I know a few supermarkets in the UK have the system. it ranks similar products against each other. so breakfast products get ranked against other breakfast products, etc.

do foods you buy have a health rating, how does it work?

[u/[deleted]]

The nineteen year old mother of two who’s had a heart attack needs help. She’s continuing to smoke, drink, and eat kebab takeaways and seems to be in complete denial about her health. The show focuses on the children but that woman needs some therapy or an intervention- there’s something deeper going on there.

[u/daynce]

Better than I thought - many people hating on the parents in this thread... I thought the most important part of this doc are the different services & support groups that were shown + a experts and some general infos on health and diet .

We had a mix of families with different problems and we were shown how to approach different problems. We also got the feel superior watching these parent fail so bad...

I guess it just feels more like a PSA than a documentary. There's an obesity pandemic going on after all.

I wish the PSA actually challenged the viewer a bit more... low emission diets, more plant based options and maybe a bit more nutritional info (complex carbs, proteins, fiber, vitamins).

[u/tallducknhandsome]

Obesity is a spiritual issue for the most part. It’s a foundational deficit, mostly from a lack of nurture. Neglect is an open wound, and follows that person for life. Some are drug addicts, some in prison, some unhealthy physically and or emotionally. It’s spiritual. It’s a sadness that can’t be healed. It’s a hole in the soul that needs to be fed.

[u/TriggerHappy_NZ]

Poor parenting, the documentary.

[u/PazStar]

One minute into the video, all I could see were big kids calling themselves "parents".

[u/WonderWeeble]

This is freaking child abuse.