I feel so guilty, says mom of UK fattest teenager

The mother of British teenager Georgia Davis, who has faced an agonising yo-yo diet battle and now weighs a quarter-ton, on Tuesday admitted she feels guilty about her daughter's colossal size.

Lesley, 56, who herself weighs 18st, said: 'I feel guilty, of course I do.

'Georgia now has trouble walking. When we walk along together she gets out of breath after a few steps. It worries me sick.'

The 17-year-old from Aberdare, south Wales, faces an early death unless she takes urgent action to tackle her weight. But her mother said Georgia is unwilling to face up to her problem and spends her days sitting in her room chatting to her friends on social-networking sites, says the Daily Mail.

In the past Lesley admitted she fed Georgia condensed millk when she wouldn't drink regular milk as an infant and feeding her potatoes instead of baby food.

However, she said she had made a determined effort to change their diets since Georgia returned from a U.S health farm - such as making her own chips instead of buying them from the takeaway.

However, she said Georgia simply went out and ate eat junk food with her friends.

She told The Sun: 'People will blame me. But you can't watch your children 24 hours a day.'

She added that promised help from the NHS, from free gym membership to a personal trainer had not materialised.

Georgia admitted her weight gain depresses her so much that she responds by eating even more.

The 5ft 6in teenager said: 'I try not to think about it too much, otherwise I panic and it makes my eating problem worse - but I do know it's serious.'

HOW MUCH GEORGIA EATS A DAY

BREAKFAST
Two bowls of cornflakes, 2 slices of toast, 2 glasses of coke

LUNCH
Fish and chips (with 2 portions of fish), 4 slices of bread and butter, 2 glasses of coke
 
EVENING MENU
Spaghetti bolognese with cheese, 1 packet of biscuits

SNACKS
2 snickers

Miss Davis, who covers up her bedroom mirror so she can avoid seeing herself, only manages to get out of the house once a week and regularly eats junk food for lunch.

"Of course people stare, but I don't care what they think any more - I'm used to it,' she told The Sun.

Just a few years ago the outlook was far brighter for the teenager. In August 2008, a 33st Georgia was told by doctors to 'lose 20 stones or die'.

Spurred into action, Georgia attended a £3,600-a-month Wellspring diet academy in the UK for nine months, during which time she shrank to 18st and beat her Type 2 diabetes.

She was seen by behavioural coaches, food psychologists and fitness trainers and encouraged to walk 10,000 steps every day.

She returned to the UK in June 2009 to look after her mother who has a heart condition.

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