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I remember as a teen being able to eat more than my father. I was growing so fast and my body couldn't keep up.

I was fat because my parents were a little fat themselves at that point in their lives, and I ate what they ate.

I was born fat and have always been, which was just fine and even healthy and cute until I turned ten or so. Puberty hit like a hurricane and brought a new set of rules. All of a sudden it was my fault I was chubby.

Poor eating habits developed at an early age lead to a lifetime of real health consequences.

I was an overweight kid, and my father struggled with his weight, too. We would go for a ride on his motorcycle on Sunday morning to get doughnuts, to make pizza together, or go get ice cream. I quickly learned that food equalled love and attention.

By the age of 18, I was very fat. My dad would say there's a Spall fat gene. But I was fat because I ate loads. I used to go and buy six or seven chocolate bars and eat my way through them.

I was a little bit chubby when I was a kid.

This might be the first generation where kids are dying at a younger age than their parents and it's related primarily to the obesity problem.

There are so many factors to lead to a child becoming obese.