[Livia]

I feel really sorry for the kid. If he was at the other end of the eating disorders scale and terribly thin and waif-like, people would be more concerned and sympathetic. As it is, he's just a fat person and everyone has a remedy. Everyone but him. If he has been on a course but then put weight back on, maybe the social services should be looking at his mother. Allowing your child to get to that weight is tantamount to abuse.