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100 Kilo Kids: 23st teen admitted to hospital for weight loss help – Metro.co.uk

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100 Kilo Kids followed the story of Tommy, who weighed 24st at age 14 (Picture: Channel 4)

100 Kilo Kids: Obesity SOS followed hospital staff in the city of Bristol attempting to help quell what they deemed an obesity crisis in British children tonight.

One such case in the Channel 4 doc was Tommy, a 14-year-old who weighed in at 23 stone, and who was admitted to hospital for a week in a last-ditch attempt to help him lose some weight.

Tommy was one of the clinics heaviest patients, and after putting on six stone despite having 18 months of treatment.

His admission to the hospital required him to follow a strict, calorie-counted diet, with regular intervals for exercise.

Doctors were worried about morbid obesity possibly causing problems for Tommy later in life, and he was already diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome before appearing on the programme.

There seemed to be some significant stumbling blocks in the process, however.

Mum Esther was at first unsure about the clinics treatment plan for her son and admitted in an emotional moment that she just wanted her son back.

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Despite being confined in hospital for a week, Tommys regular weighings detected that the teenager had actually managed to gain a kilo in weight during his stay.

It was revealed as well that his mother had brought him in some ready meals to replace the hospital food, although she insisted the meals themselves had been calorie-counted to ensure he wasnt eating more than the hospital recommended.

In a confessional to camera, Tommy also admitted that he had eaten a chocolate from a box given to him a present during his stay although he did say he only had one treat and gave the rest to his mum.

Things seemed to reach a breaking point towards the end of the episode with the revelation that Tommy had actually gained weight, with Esther leaving the hospital in tears.

There was, however, a happy ending.

As the documentary ended, it was revealed in a heart-warming moment that Tommy had actually managed to shift a massive stone and a half during his hospital stay delighting both him and his mother and the doctors and dieticians.

And viewers also took to Twitter to praise Tommy for his achievement, and hope he keeps it up after cameras stop rolling.

One viewer wrote: Wow, what a turnaround for Tommy, hope he keeps it up!

Another added: Well done Tommy! Huge achievement and amazing to see how happy he is.

100 Kilo Kids: Obesity SOS is available to stream via All4.

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