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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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for the hih winnin family and sorry it's
not fast food eating parents that's the
problem
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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
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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
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for Cara twice a week it's a walk of
shame into Michael's toddler group
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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
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recently of notice the Harley is more
hyperactive danny has been it's probably
due to the foods that easy
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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