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Katie Hopkins talks about Fat Kids - This Morning 14 October 2013
- Published_at:2013-10-14
- Category:News & Politics
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- description: For A New Approach To A Healthy YOU Visit - http://bit.do/cSN3 Katie Hopkins This Morning Fat Katie Hopkins This Morning Katie Hopkins Fat Kids Fat Kids Katie Hopkins This Morning Children Katie Hopkins This Morning Fat Children Behind every fat child is a fat mum who should take responsibility Katie Hopkins joined Holly Willoughby, Phillip Schofield and jounalist Sonia Poulton on This Morning today to discuss whether parents have a duty to tell their children they're fat. No prizes for guessing which side the mother-of-three, who claims to be a size eight and has previously talked of her contempt for the 'lazy' overweight, took. 'Every fat child lives in the shadow of a fat parent,' she argued in typically forthright style. 'Parents must get a grip, do something about it.' Katie Hopkins Fat Kids, Fat Mothers, Zebra in a wig, ITV, This morning 14th October 2013. 'It is absolutely the parent's fault.They must look in the mirror and recognise it's their fault. They must say to their child: "You're fat and I've made this problem."' The debate was sparked by a Daily Mail article from last week, in which obesity expert Alan Jackson asserted that parents have a duty to tell their children they are fat. 'Parents can't say it, health professionals can't say it, teachers most definitely can't say it. But, I think it's time we all did,' wrote Jackson, who runs a weight management centre in London. 'In the UK, a third of children are overweight or obese - another banned term. In some inner cities, this rises to almost 50 per cent. By cloaking the problem in evasive language, we are failing these children. We need to jolt parents into action - and bald terms help with this.' Hopkins, 38, supported Jackson wholeheartedly, saying the answer lies in sitting overweight children down and saying to them: 'You are fat - do something about it!' She went on to say that being overweight would make them a target for playground bullies - Poulton, however, said that a parent who tells their child they are fat is a bully. The discussion soon became rather personal, with Poulton saying: 'Children are being destroyed by playground bullies - like the kind Katie raises.' She continued: 'What kind of parent would blame the child for what it looks like?' The debate soon descended into a slanging match, with Katie describing Sonia 'a zebra in a wig.' 'This is not a wig, it's my real hair,' responded a stung Sonia. 'I'd like to know what happened to you as a child, to make you so ugly,' she continued. Katie described Sonia's plea for a 'holistic' approach to the obesity crisis as 'drippy, liberal, left-wing nonsense.' As the women attempted to drown one other out, Schofield was forced to step in. "Katie Hopkins Fat Kids" "Katie Hopkins This Morning Fat Kids" "Katie Hopkins This Morning" "Katie Hopkins This Morning Today" "Katie Hopkins This Morning 14 10 2013" Katie Hopkins Sonia Poulton, Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby "'It's parents fault their children are fat' Katie Hopkins"
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