I just watched the episode of this called 'Junk Food Mums'. OMG!
I could sympathise with the single mother of teenage twins. I really could. She had it tough.
I also felt for the 37 stone lady and her size 20 stepdaughter. As the show went on, it became clear that she wasn;t really advocating being that size, and at least she gave the stepdaughter some self-confidence about her own body.
But the mother of 4 who fed her her children a daily diet of McDonalds and takeaways?! I tried and tried to empathise for her, but the most generous conclusion I could manage was that she must be incredibly stupid. She did mention that that was how her own mother brought her up, and she didn't know how to cook. But why get angry at the husband when he did cook proper food? The point at which she said, 'I don't force them to eat it, they choose to,' did my head in. The children were 4 and 2 years old! They might not be obese yet, but I wonder how their health will be faring in 30 years' time?
And on a side note, if they were living off benefits (the husband was currently unemployed), how did they afford to eat out all the time? We have two full time incomes in my house, and we don't buy takeaways more than once a week, mainly due to cost.
Rant over!