The second film in Channel 4's landmark documentary series focuses on the younger children in the group of seven overweight youngsters on their journey towards adulthood, to find out what it really feels like to be growing up fat.
Generation XXL is a chance for the nation's obese children, some of them as young as six years old, to reveal what life looks like through their eyes as they begin to realise that the food they eat can affect the size of their bodies.
London-based seven-year-old Libby is a notoriously fussy eater: she won't eat anything but calorie-laden carbs and constantly battles with her single working mum over the issue of food.
Seven-year-old Lucas scavenges food from his extended family, who all live on the same street in Bradford, and Kelsie, who's also seven, comes from a family of big girls.
The youngest child in the series is six-year-old Bethany, whose mum believes that healthy eating in schools has gone too far.
Filming over the coming years and documenting their often candid, inspiring and amusing observations, and daily routines and worries, Generation XXL aims to discover how obesity will affect these children as they grow up. Will their weight drop off with puberty, as some of their parents hope, or will they always struggle with their size?
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On TV
First Shown
| Date | Time | Channel |
|---|---|---|
| Monday 11 January 2010 | Channel 4 |
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