Children's HealthNewsletterObesity

Britain’s fattest teenager fights for her life

One of the weekly notes from May 2012 was called "Britain's fattest teenager & worst mother?" It was about the tragedy of Welsh teenager Georgia Davis. She had been in the news the previous week having been winched out of the second story of her home, as she was too obese to leave the house unaided. A large section of the family home needed to be demolished to create an exit route for the emer...

 

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