Kevin
26-year-old Kevin from Brighton weights just 8 stone 5lbs. Kevin is keen to put on weight and go against the 'gay skinny stereotype'.
He never cooks and lives on a diet of coffee and cigarettes, pre-packed sandwiches and takeaways. He regularly skips breakfast or lunch or 'replaces' them with a chocolate bar or packet of crisps.
In total, Kevin is 2.5 stone underweight and is undereating by about 4550 calories a week. The average daily calorie intake for a man is around 2,500 but Kevin is only getting 2,150.
Kevin is a gift supervisor in Debenham's by day, and in the evenings he works in a bar in Brighton. He wants to be more confident with his body.
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Julie
37-year-old Julie from Essex is worried her bad diet is also making her son overweight too. She is a self-confessed convenience food eater and weighs 26 stone 6lbs.
Sunday is the only day she cooks, and this will be a massive roast dinner. They go to MacDonald's and the chip shop a couple of times a week each.
Julie always eats burgers, chips and takeaways. She snacks throughout the day and late into the evening mainly eating sweet things: cakes, chocolate bars and crisps.
With a waist twice the size of Kevin's Julie is consuming a massive 5,000 calories a day which means she is overeating by 21,000 calories a week That 21,000 calories alone is 10 days worth of the recommended calorie intake for an average woman.
Julie admits that their diet is bad and it needs to change in order to influence her son's eating habits. She says that she has never been in the habit of eating healthily.
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