Trim this fat

I agree with Dr Max Pemberton about challenging those with obesity (Mail) and was interested to read the diary of rochelle Coulson who, at the age of 21, weighs 32st.

I can sympathise with her psychological difficulties and sincerely hope for her sake that she can find a way back to being slim and healthy — but one question begs to be asked.

how is it possible that she can receive £18,200-a-year in benefits when someone earning £7 an hour for a 40-hour week, 52 weeks a year, earns just £14,560 before deductions? Surely this is simply wrong.

I know many people in the hotel industry who earn this minimal salary but work very hard for their money. These people aren’t youngsters starting out: they’re adults, parents who are not finding things easy. They would love to have £18,200 a year.

Someone needs to have a long, hard look at the injustice of the system, but I’m not holding my breath.

BRIDGET STAP, Chichester, Sussex. I WAS sad to read about georgia Davies who, at the age of 20, weighed 56st at her heaviest (Mail).

While the main concern is for the obese person, georgia did weigh 7st at the age of seven.

Clearly, at that age and younger, she couldn’t go to the supermarket to buy trolley loads of fattening foods, eat kebabs or order huge takeaways. Was it her mother who was doing so?

From what I’ve read about extremely obese people, there has to be an ‘ enabler’ — a mother, father, husband, wife or carer. Perhaps it’s time to give some more help to the ‘enablers’. even if the obese person isn’t bedridden, the enabler is still largely in control.

georgia went to ‘ boot camp’ as a teenager and lost 14st. But when she came home, she was greeted with fish and chips, and within three years regained all the weight she’d lost and went ont to get even heavier. Miss SHIREEN FAIRCLOTH, London SW6.