Episode 2 I Know What You Weighed Last Summer

This programme contains some strong language

-Us Brits are amongst the fattest in the world.

-Run for the Nando!

It's a national crisis and for some it's a matter of life or death.

There is no hope. There is no hope for him.

If she carries on, she will die young.

Welcome to a super-sized summer camp

that claims to have the answers to tackling the obesity epidemic.

Diets and boot camps don't work, because they're forcing something

on somebody that they may not be ready for.

But its methods are controversial.

-Nice big, healthy lunch.

-Oh, yeah.

The kids dine out on fast food.

-You know that's being greedy, Jordan.

-How am I being greedy?

Two litres of milk? Would you drink that a day?

Chips and pizza are on the menu.

My first impressions of the food - I would like more. Obviously.

It's why I'm here.

And the staff are barely older than the campers themselves.

Did anyone play with their Barbies when they were little?

They're ridiculous. They don't have a clue.

Telling you, don't have a clue.

For some campers, it'll be the longest five weeks of their lives.

So hard!

But for others, it's life-changing.

Does this radical approach work?

And is this really the answer to teenage obesity?

What a waste of effort and time.

Our camp gets results.

I'm going to go with the chips and burger.

Get that belly movement up and down.

Jiggle, jiggle, jiggle, jiggle, jiggle!

It's week one at Europe's only residential weight loss camp

for young people.

The 86 campers should all be in exercise sessions.

You've got to start making attempts on the ball.

But 13-year-old Stephen is refusing to take part.

I'm missing home and I just wanted to...

just wanted to pack my bags and go home.

INAUDIBLE CONVERSATION

Right, give us two minutes. Sit down there. Let's go and have a chat.

It can be difficult for these kids.

Some of them have never been away from home,

never been from their parents

and then, they're doing things that they've never done as well,

so it's all very intimidating.

It's a new environment, which is intimidating alone.

It just takes a bit of time.

Stephen lives with his mum and dad in Scarborough and weighs nearly 14st.

I normally spend my money on loads of food, like burgers, chips.

It makes me feel quite sad when I'm at school,

when they're calling me stuff.

But I just have to put up with it.

All of Stephen's family are trying to help him lose weight,

including his nan.

-What are you having, Steve? You've cut down, haven't you?

-Yeah, two.

-Two? I thought you only had one now.

-Oh, one and a half, I think.

I think one will be enough.

We tried with him, you know,

to cut him down and that, but he'll still sneak and get something.

Stephen is a key member of his local cadets.

His ambition is to join the army.

The army, I think, is teaching him respect and discipline

and I want to keep him on the straight and narrow.

I want him to go down paths that are going to open doors for him.

That's it. Beautiful. Come on, arms up.

That is one of my motivations.

Yeah, you've got to be quite fit to get in the army,

to like run around in the battlefield and that.

But what I need to do mostly

is just stop eating all like fatty foods and start eating healthy.

-Stephen? You like pork, don't you?

-Yes, please.

Once he's got that weight off him and he's got more

confidence in himself,

I think that'll, you know, be the making of him.

The staff have persuaded Stephen to stay.

But a few days later,

and he's still struggling to cope with the structure and rules.

Leave my shirt alone! Leave my shirt alone! Why? Don't touch me, bitch!

Don't touch me, bitch!

I've only got a red one. I've only got that one.

Yeah.

I hate snitches.

That's one thing I do fucking hate. Snitches.

The thing I've been doing is just... I... Flicking their ears.

I love winding people up. It's funny as!

Stephen, will you come and sit on these red chairs, for a sec?

I just need a little chat, buddy.

Stephen has been summoned to see camp leader Tay.

I've heard that a staff member has asked you to go to

isolation on the table. You downright refused.

And I just want you to know that that kind of stuff doesn't fly.

You listen to every member of staff, I don't care who it is.

We're all trying to help. We're not trying to single you out.

We're not trying to get you in trouble,

cos we want what's best for you.

We want you to develop from here in every way possible, OK?

So what we're going to do is

you're going to go into isolation, all right?

-Right.

-Is that all right?

-That's fine.

-OK.

-Yeah.

-All right.

-Good man. Let's not let it happen again, right?

-All right.

Cheers, buddy.

Hopefully he took it on board and listened and we'll go from there.

Hopefully, this is the end of it.

Stephen will have to stay in isolation until staff

decide that he has learnt his lesson.

My behaviour has been a little bit...

I have been a little bit silly throughout the days.

But it's mostly just like I'm missing home

and I just want to go home.

The camp was founded 16 years ago by leading childhood obesity

expert Professor Paul Gately, to help kids like Stephen.

It's not a boot camp. We don't force anyone to do anything.

But we do work with them and encourage them and support them,

because one in three children have a weight-related problem

that will both shorten their life

and reduce the quality of their life.

Over five weeks, the campers are put through an intensive

course of workshops and exercise sessions

led by a staff of volunteers with a background in sports science,

nutrition and education.

We've found as we've worked through different staff mixes that,

actually, a younger workforce relates much better to the

young people on camp.

14-year-old Sebastian is already standing out

because of his positive attitude.

I'd describe Sebastian as very polite. He is hard-working.

He does everything he's told, um, very organised.

Likes to keep his room clean.

The campers are responsible for cleaning their own dorms.

I've cleaned the dorms in the last two and a half weeks

for like seven times, I think?

I'm very hygiene-conscious. Everything normally has to be clean.

That was on the desk!

I actually really enjoy cleaning.

I can't understand how people live in dirt,

so even the smallest things really, really annoy me.

I enjoy it, in a way - it's something that relaxes me,

so it's just fun in my eyes.

This has been bothering me for ages.

Switch off the lights. You are absolutely kidding me, right?

That's been bothering me for the whole time I was in this room!

Sebastian is over six foot tall and weighs 19st.

When I look at myself, I normally degrade myself,

because I'm definitely overweight.

I wouldn't be surprised if I was classed as obese.

I'm never sure what people think of me,

because people judge you on how you look before they even know you

and I've had that very, very often.

Sebastian was born in the UK, but moved to Switzerland

with his family when he was just four years old.

His size has always been a problem and, in the past,

led to bullying at school.

Children started commenting and making fun of my weight

and then, I became incredibly unhappy, incredibly scared.

They would call him nasty names and they would say that he's fat

and he's not somebody that can stand up for himself in that very moment.

He would quite often cry in front of those children, which then, sort of,

triggered their will to carry on with the bullying.

As a result of the bullying,

Sebastian finds it hard to make friends with boys his own age

and spends most of his time with his sister.

We eat together, we laugh together,

we wake up and go to school every morning.

Although the problems at school were dealt with,

Sebastian still finds it hard to eat in front of people.

There are days where I'd hardly eat anything at school,

so when I get home, I just raid the fridge.

As soon as he sets foot into the house, he's in his element.

He's got control over the fridge and the cupboard.

But he never tends to a carrot, it's always the crisps that he goes for.

I'm hungry, I don't know what I fancy,

so I'll eat everything that I can get my hands on.

I sit in front of the TV and I just eat.

Now his parents have paid for him to go to camp,

hoping he can deal with some of his issues and perhaps find new friends.

So today, we're going to be talking about self-identity

and think good, feel good. Is it just Josh...?

This morning, Sebastian is in a workshop

which focuses on building confidence.

Self-esteem is how happy we are on the inside, who we are as a person,

and body confidence is how we feel about ourselves on the outside,

the way that we look physically.

Particularly today, we will be talking about some things

that are quite personal.

In all the conversations I've had with kids that are overweight

and obese, many of them talk in a way that it's almost like daily

torture is what they go through. People are picking on them,

people are judging them,

people are calling them names and it just isn't a nice place to be

and it certainly isn't a nice place to be for a teenager.

Has anyone here ever been bullied for anything?

Quite a few people putting their hands up now.

So a lot of these things that we find with bullies,

a lot of the time, bullies will pick on you just because they want to

pick on you, with something they can see from a distance.

They won't bother to come to you, take the time to get to know you.

It's, a lot of the time, visual things.

Sebastian and the group have been asked to write a list of what

they think is good and bad about themselves.

Jot down how you would like people to describe you, or how you

feel people would describe you.

Say, I'm a boy, I'm good at maths...

Writing the bad things down, it wasn't really easy.

It was hard because, again,

it brought back all the memories

and it just really made me sad.

(Yeah, yeah, of course you can.)

I just got a bit emotional and I went outside because I was

scared that if I would cry in front of the other boys, they would laugh.

I'm always scared that that list is going to be in the back of my head.

Names that I've been called.

One can't stop thinking about them sometimes and

when everyone wants to do something,

one thinks about that list and

it kind of...degrades you in a way.

What got you upset? Was it just thinking about these things or...?

-The past.

-The past. What sort of things?

-Bullying.

-Main thing.

-Yeah.

Although other people may think of these as a negative thing,

are they always?

Sometimes they might be personal opinions.

Also, things like being controlling, is that a bad thing?

I know that sometimes people might say to you, "Oh, my God,

"you might be controlling," and you'd be like, "Oh, God, I am."

Like we said with that video, when someone says, "Like a girl,"

should it be an insult?

It shouldn't be, so lots of things like that.

What about these ones? These are all really good things about you

and there's some of these on here that I've not really seen before.

Hygienic, that's a really good one.

It's a really good thing to have in your life.

-Do you want to rip it up?

-Throw it!

-Yes!

You can throw it over there, if you want, rip it up.

Get rid of it!

-Whoo!

-Yeah!

Sebastian might have thrown away his worries, but he's too neat

and tidy to drop litter.

-It's lunchtime.

-Can I get sweet-and-sour chicken?

Children who grow up obese are likely to die ten years younger than

kids who are a healthy weight.

But mealtimes on camp offer some surprising options.

There's not bad foods, there's only bad diets, so, therefore,

it's about helping them understand,

I can have chips and I can have a pizza,

but I need to mix that with pasta dishes and salad dishes.

It's about trying to get it right 80% of the time

and the weight will take care of itself.

If they're sticking to the sort of principles and the rules that

we've given them, it's much easier

to manage their weight for the future.

Just that, thank you.

15-year-old twins Amy and Beth are finding it hard to settle in.

Roughly half of the campers are paid for privately.

The others, like Amy and Beth,

are sent by the NHS or their local authority.

I got referred by my doctor because I've got hypertension,

that's high blood pressure.

It could like resort into strokes and heart attacks.

Twin sister Beth is at risk of developing the same conditions.

We're the same size, we're going through the same things.

If it doesn't, like, stop, I'd probably get it as well.

Obesity is recognised as the modern-day plague.

85% of kids who are overweight and obese during childhood will be

overweight and obese adults, so it will cost our society

lots of money, but the impact on those lives will be significant.

So, therefore, addressing it early is absolutely a must.

The girls each way 16st.

I don't think we really have a relationship with food, do we?

I think it's just an excuse. We just use it as comfort, like,

when we've not got anything else to do, bored, upset.

I choose the wrong types of foods. So, like I say, if I went out

with friends, I'd rather go get a McDonald's than like a salad.

It's not only the twins who have a dangerous relationship with food.

Their mum Louise has battled with various eating disorders for decades.

I started off with bulimia, which is eating and vomiting.

And, unfortunately, I've turned the other way now where I just eat very,

very little...

and my weight's dropped and I'd rather starve than be sick,

and that's not a message I want to give to the children.

I think it's really strange living with a parent who

is on the opposite spectrum of an eating disorder.

It's a bit strange having a parent who is undereating

as we're overeating.

The girls have been sent to camp by their doctor to try

and address their own food issues.

But a few days in and Beth is finding it hard to cope being

away from her mum.

Beth's not really happy with staying here at the camp.

So, we're having to make a decision whether to, like, go back or stay.

Amy calls their mum to discuss the situation.

She's just not interested in like...

She's not getting involved with anyone else.

She's got her whole mind set on coming home.

-'Are you being mean to her or something?'

-No.

She's got one person she's talking to

and she's not interested in anyone else.

She won't get involved properly in, like, activities and stuff,

so what does she expect?

If you all have a think...

I think this just isn't really for Beth

and I think she's quite uncomfortable here.

She just wants to be with family and friends.

It's the next day and Beth has decided she wants to go home.

I think they'll kind of miss each other,

but then, I think it's a good chance for them

each to have individual time, you know,

where people get that this is just Amy

and Beth gets a bit of time at home with me

and her friends, and it's just Beth.

I think they'll do all right without each other, though. Fingers crossed.

For the first time in their lives, twins Beth and Amy will be apart.

-Do you think you're going to miss Beth?

-I know...

It's not like she's going somewhere random.

It's just that she's going home, so that's fine.

So I don't think I'll miss her as much.

I think it's going to be more, like, weird.

It's just going to be like generally weird not having Beth being there.

No, it'll be fine.

Beth left me a letter and it says, "Amy, I wish I could stay

"longer with you, but I'm so proud and I know you will do amazing.

"Remember I love you infinite amounts.

"I am and I will be thinking of you every minute.

"Love you lots, Betty."

Bit awkward.

I don't like being my own in a room, it's, like, really boring.

And, like, it's really uncomfortable in the night,

but I'm all right, it's all right.

I'm so depressing. How depressing am I?

People are going to start crying.

Phone calls home are restricted to three times a week

and all mobile devices are taken off the kids in the hope

they will focus on the camp and socialise with one another.

But being away from family and friends can be very difficult.

If I can deal with my homesickness the way that

I want to deal with my weight

and that's... I want to deal with my weight very extremely,

-then, that would be just better for all of us.

-I would say

it's getting to me a bit, yeah, missing everyone at home,

my friends. Like, missing parties and stuff.

It's getting to me.

I'm missing a couple of things while I'm at camp,

like my mum, my dad, my dog...

and my PlayStation.

Ten days into the course and Stephen has made a decision.

Still missing home and unable to cope with life at camp,

he's packed his bags and wants to leave.

You've got a decision to make. You've got a really good opportunity

here to set a really good example,

to show all your friends at home, show all your family,

like, potentially show the world how good you can be.

Stephen was very much one thing or the other, it seemed.

There was a lot of times he might be crying that he wants to stay,

or crying that he wants to leave and it must be a difficult...

He's at a difficult age, the kind of early adolescence,

where he's not sure...

not sure what he wants to be, not sure what he wants to do.

Hiya.

Stephen's been allowed to phone his parents.

Can you come pick me up, please? No, I've packed my bags and everything.

I want to leave.

No, but I want to come home cos I don't like it.

I've packed my bags and everything.

Mm.

What?

All right.

Yeah.

HE SOBS

I'm not used to hearing them words off my dad.

They make me a little bit emotional.

Stephen's grandad died four years ago.

My grandad meant a lot to me.

I always used to spend the days with him.

And he just really meant a lot to me.

He loved his grandad.

He was just a nice bloke. He was just a down-to-earth bloke.

He told you black was black and white was white.

Yeah, he was a nice guy, was my dad.

Once I heard my grandad's name mentioned I was like,

"I've got to carry on." I don't want to make him upset or...

unproud of me.

Stephen decides to give the camp one more go.

Every day, the campers are required to complete at least three hours

of physical exercise.

I guess it's hard. Like, some things like swimming and stuff that I like

and there's other things, like, running and stuff

they make you do that I don't really like.

I really don't like football and stuff, really I hate this

and I can be just a goalkeeper

and I'm still just standing and don't do nothing.

I really hate it so much.

This morning, the girls are in the gym playing dodge ball.

Got you, Chloe. Chloe!

Don't you dare pretend that I didn't get your head.

But without her twin sister,

Amy is struggling to find her place in the group.

Fat bitch coming through.

I hate dodge ball, it's so bad and I can't play dodge ball.

So I thought, there's no point.

No-one goes by the rules either.

You get hit by the ball and they pretend that they haven't,

even though about half the people there have seen them.

What the heck, are you joking?

"I didn't get hit by the ball, I'm still in." No, you're not.

If they're not going to play by the rules, I'm not.

What the hell?!

-Amy, you're out.

-Get away. I'm not out! I am not out.

She caught it, you're out.

Please. You're out.

You ginger bitch.

Amy is one of the heaviest girls at camp

and seems to have lost her motivation.

Ow! Ow! What are you doing?

You got in my way, sorry.

The staff are worried about her attitude

and its potential impact on her progress.

Amy's quite difficult in changing her mind,

so if she's set on not doing something, she won't do it.

I think Amy does need to focus a bit more, to kind of engage a bit more.

Obviously, the more she's engaging and focusing,

the more she's going to learn.

So we can kind of help her think about the long-term plan.

Every week, campers take part in a two-mile challenge

running a cross-country route around the campus.

Three, two, one, go, go!

The challenge is not about the time it takes to complete the course,

but the attitude the campers show towards it.

A two-mile challenge on camp is a really useful

indication of both the camper's fitness

and also their motivation to lose weight.

It's really good to see

which of our campus are really going to push themselves

and which ones we might need to push to turn around.

SHE PANTS

Amy doesn't seem keen.

I'm walking it, not running it.

It's been raining really badly all day

but it's actually getting better now.

But it's really slippery, so I'm not falling over.

Going to walk it.

Amy's attitude seems to be rubbing off on others.

Her new friend,

14-year-old Rinat from Israel, is also refusing to run.

I hate the two-mile challenge so much.

-I think it's all right, but this weather's just catastrophic.

-Yes.

It's really nasty that they're making us walk in this weather.

-Let's go, let's go! Come on, come on!

-Leave me.

-"Come on, come on."

-Can you leave us be?

While the rest of the campers push on through the rain,

Amy and Rinat have found a short cut.

Bye, guys.

THEY GIGGLE

I can say this is the funnest thing ever.

But their rebellion doesn't last long.

We got disqualified for cheating!

Disqualified!

Amy is still a long way from succeeding at camp.

They have crushed my dreams(!)

SHOUTS OF ENCOURAGEMENT

It's halfway through the course and Amy has been told to pack

an overnight bag for this week's off-site excursion.

Today, everyone's going camping.

I don't think this is worth going camping at all.

I'd rather sleep here.

I think I might start crying in a minute, literally.

It's horrendous.

I'm off, I'm not going.

I'll have to go and tell Lee I'm not going. I'm staying here.

-Excuse me, I'm not going camping.

-Why?

-Why?

-I'm not going, I'm not going.

The staff wouldn't take no for an answer.

Everyone, including Amy, is on board.

Whilst teaching their physical-activity skills are important,

it's also really important that they're having fun.

If you see them enjoying it, that's maybe making a positive

association with the healthy lifestyle.

Summer holidays are supposed to be like, oh, going on holiday,

sunbathing, having ice cream,

not sleeping in a cold tent with bugs and rain.

How long are we walking for? I swear to God...

We wanted to have a treat and this Wednesday, we went to camp.

I hated it.

As part of the fun,

the camp leaders also want the campers to build their own tents.

Go on, then, guys. What have we got? There we go.

We need a bit of team work.

People putting some more effort in, do you know what I mean?

I'm not very good in woodlands. Too many trees for me.

-Oh, this is disgusting, there is a bird poop.

-Urgh!

It's not what 14-year-old Rinat is used to.

I thought it was going to be like really something

that's, like, a vacation from the camp.

This is awful.

It was like a punishment.

At home in Israel, Rinat usually gets her own way.

I'm like, I think, the manager of this house.

I say something, people do it.

She's funny, she's loud,

she is self-minded.

That is Rinat.

Rinat has taken over every available wardrobe in the house.

I'm the only one in my family that have three closets.

I have here a lot of my shoes and my bags.

I have, like, it's opening and I have,

like, some weeks, I'm going, like, every day for shopping

and I buy every day five things, six things.

Rinat's parents employ a full-time housekeeper.

My maid, I ask her something, she will make me.

It's like, I ask her to make me cakes for school, or to make me

anything, she just do it.

She lives with her mum, dad and younger brother.

But when it comes to her weight, she takes after her father.

My mum is skinny and my brother is skinny, like my mum,

and my father is fat and I am like...round!

Despite weighing over 12st,

Rinat just can't motivate herself to lose any weight.

I really hate exercise. It's, like, so hard.

You can't really like it because it's hard.

You must to make your body move

and, like, be tired and working hard.

So, no, it's absolutely disgusting, I think.

So this summer, Rinat was sent to camp by her parents,

who decided not to tell her exactly what she was in for.

I thought this was a sports camp. That's what my dad told me.

Like, I didn't think it was like a...

overweight camp, like fat camp.

Her dad, bless her,

convinced her she was going to an English camp, which she's gone to

before, where they learn English and get to go shopping in Oxford Street.

She rocks up to Bradford with her £10 budget a week.

SHE LAUGHS

No, this is...this is awful! Where I supposed to sleep?!

CHILDREN: Outside!

-Kicking you out!

-No! See, look, there is, like, this place, OK?

We noticed in the first few weeks particularly, with Rinat,

that she likes to get her own way.

And when she doesn't get her own way, she will let the staff know about it.

I can't hold it, because then my hands will be dirty.

We come for vacation, we don't come to work. We pay on this place!

No vacation on this camp, my love! No, no, no.

This is a summer vacation and we pay much money.

So, please, tell them to do it.

Does it do it like... Sorry, honey!

Come on! What is wrong with this thing?!

I give up.

Rinat is not the only one dreading a night under canvas.

I'm not interested in building a tent or even being here.

Like, seriously, it's disgusting.

I can't sleep outside. I feel like a homeless person!

It's really bad. I didn't know it would be this bad.

Literally, I'm not liking it.

The floor is rock hard!

-I'd prefer to sleep in a toilet.

-LAUGHTER

This is our tent. The floor is so dirty.

Everything is, like, disgusting.

I don't know how we're supposed to sleep here.

Everybody has to sleep with bugs and everything.

This is not possible!

I mean, we're all, like, having a bad time, but I think Rinat,

she was just like, "Oh, no, it's such a punishment.

"I don't want to be here."

-There is no place for us! We have, like...

-You'll have to budge up.

-No, but why? Are we sardines? I don't understand!

-Yeah!

I look like a sardine?

I'm not feeling like a sardine, so we can't be sardines, OK?

Now we're going to sleep next to all the stinky, like... No way!

OK, how about these guys move a little bit more down?

This is horrible.

Rinat really wasn't impressed by the sleeping arrangements.

She didn't want to stay in a tent.

But I was encouraging her to stay outside, get involved with all the

other girls, because none of them really wanted to stay in the tent.

-Come on, let's find you a room.

-Oh, my God, you give me a room?!

-Yes, you have a room, Rinat! Come on!

-Yes!

-Let's go!

Yes!

-Get in there.

-Thank you, Leah, you're the best.

-You're my favourite staff, right?

-I know it!

If you want something, do everything you can to get it,

because then you get it and that's all.

You don't need to just say, "Fine, I will sleep in the tent."

No, you need to fight what you want and then you will get it.

Oh, my God, it's going to be, like, the best night. Party!

I was thinking party.

Rinat could definitely have stayed outside, but sometimes...

Yeah, just to keep the peace, it is just easier to let her go inside.

The camp staff have planned an usual evening of entertainment.

Kicking off with a raw onion-eating competition.

KIDS SHOUT ENCOURAGEMENT

Trial Night for me is a bit like our version of I'm A Celebrity.

CHEERING

We know that those things are what draw stronger

relationships between our staff and our children.

I thought that the staff trials were hilarious.

I don't really know why they do staff trials and stuff like that.

SHOUTS OF ENCOURAGEMENT

I just sat, I watched. I didn't get involved.

I didn't want to get involved.

The entertainment culminates

in a challenge to drink four litres of milk.

I can see how people might look at elements of the staff trial night

and say, "That's not appropriate."

But they're not looking at the whole context of camp

and we've been doing this for 20-odd years with very successful results.

KIDS YELL IN DISGUST

Having spent most of the summer together,

the kids are forming strong friendships.

14-year-old Sebastian has always found it hard to make friends

with boys his age.

But here, surrounded by boys who have also struggled with their weight,

he's finding it easier.

-I do miss sweets. It's weird.

-What about chocolate?

-What chocolate could you eat right now?

-Er...any chocolate.

I can, literally, eat any chocolate.

I've got on, actually, with a lot of boys. More than I expected.

I don't really have anybody who I don't like.

I get along with everybody, so at the moment, everything is good

and I hope it stays like that.

Sebastian has become good friends with 17-year-old Jordan.

Sebastian is really nice. He's, like, from Sweden. Is it...

-Is it Sweden?

-WOMAN:

-I think he's from Switzerland.

HE LAUGHS

-Oh, my God! OK.

-Don't worry, you're not the first...

-Switzerland.

-Switzerland, that's it.

-Switzerland.

Essex boy Jordan weighs 18st and is the youngest of four brothers.

My mum and dad are quite large, quite stocky, quite big.

And my brothers are quite skinny. All skinny.

All our three brothers are all into football.

So always out on a Sunday, Saturday. Jordan is always at home.

So I think food was his comfort.

Jordan knows he shouldn't weigh so much.

I think people judge me, like, "That fat boy over there,"

or something like that.

But he just can't help himself.

Can I get an ice cream, please?

I've tried to encourage him to lose weight.

-That's 1.60, please.

-Thank you.

-Thank you. Wait for your change.

-MUM:

-Every night I come home and cook a nice meal for all the boys.

But when he goes out,

takeaways and spur of the moment takeaways and stuff.

Jordan's weight problems began when he turned 13

and was able to go out on his own.

I started putting on weight, buying junk food,

like, takeaways from a Chinese shop or Indian shop.

Me telling Jordan to stop eating that

because it's not good for him, it's like he doesn't want to listen.

Jordan knows he needs to learn the self discipline

to help him lose weight.

Today, it's parents day -

the first time that the campers will have seen their mums and dads

since the start of the course.

It's important to talk about what they've learnt, what those

experiences have been, to go away as a family and try

and put some of those things into practice.

And I say try, because it is always work in progress.

Oh, I've missed you!

Jordan's mum and brother have travelled 200 miles from Essex

to surprise him.

-MUM:

-I can't wait to see Jordan.

-I'm really excited. Come on, Zak!

-Yes!

Yeah.

Yeah. You all right?

LAUGHTER

Hello!

-Are you happy?

-I am!

'I felt very emotional when I saw my mum.'

I was, like...very emotional. But I didn't want to show it.

I'm over the moon that they've actually travelled four hours

just to come and see me.

I'm really, like, shocked and I'm just, like, just so happy!

They said you're not coming!

It's not just the chance to see his family.

-Are you taking me out anywhere?

-Maybe.

-Please take me! Please!

-Just take me out!

-LAUGHTER

-I want to get out of here!

-Where do you want to go?

-Anywhere.

Just anywhere.

-We'll take you for something to eat.

-Where are we going?

-Dunno.

-Surprise?

-Take me now. Take me right now.

And Jordan hasn't forgotten his new mate Sebastian.

I said to my mum that Sebastian's parents ain't going to come,

because they live abroad, and I said to my mum,

"Let's take Sebastian with us to the restaurant."

This is the first meal since the boys arrived at camp

where they can eat what they want.

It's absolutely delicious.

I'm so happy.

I'm happy about eating this food.

It's also a chance to reflect on what they've learnt.

So, the day you leave here, what will you gain, going home?

-What would you take home with you?

-Weight. Weight.

No, what, like skills or experience would you take home with you

and tell your family?

I would just know how to, at least, cook healthier things.

-Your diet?

-Yeah.

-And portion size, as well - portion sizes.

That's the main thing you're coming for, ain't it? You didn't

-just come here just to lose weight, or...

-Well, yes, actually.

I have zero confidence. That's the problem.

Like, in school, I can't eat in front of people.

I'm just scared that everyone's looking.

I used to think like that as well. Exactly like that.

And, basically, on school days, like,

I either have to find a place where

nobody's standing or sitting to eat...

-OK.

-..or I don't eat anything during the day.

If I feel like someone's looking at me,

I go onto my phone to, kind of, isolate myself.

-Situation sort of thing?

-Yeah.

I'm just always scared that they're laughing.

Like, I can't walk through school by myself,

and every morning, I feel so uncomfortable

and so insecure, and...

and until I'm, kind of,

reached the classroom where my friends are sitting.

I just think that it's slowly kicking in that...

that... How insecure I am.

It's three weeks into the course,

but 13-year-old Stephen is still not settled,

and Stephen's dad has been asked to come to the camp.

The reason we've had to put a camper contract together

is because Stephen's been wandering around,

like, out of sessions, quite a bit.

There's been a few, sort of, slightly violent outbursts.

Would you say? That is... And that sort of behaviour is absolutely,

-as you can imagine, unacceptable.

-Not tolerated.

-Yeah.

It's getting to a stage that,

if he's going to break this contract,

he will lose the privilege of being at this programme.

If you lose this privilege,

you're going to lose a lot more than this, mate,

cos if you can't hack this, you're not going to hack the army,

and soon as you come home, your uniform's gone,

I'll take you straight out of cadets, yeah?

And you will be grounded for the rest of the summer holidays.

It's not going to happen, mate. Don't start getting upset.

When my dad said, he said about getting me to quit cadets,

I was like... I was starting to get upset,

because I really wanted to stay in cadets, to get into the real army.

You will not get away with behaviour like this if you join the army.

You'd be out, mate.

Trust me. I've been there, done that, got the T-shirt.

You need to stop your stupid, childish behaviour,

and it needs to stop now. Yeah?

This opportunity, yeah, is the chance of a lifetime. Don't blow it.

You're going to do this, you're going to complete it

and you're going to come out a changed person.

-All right.

-Yeah? So, it stops today, mate.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

-Right.

Let's have a look at this, then, yeah? So...

The staff want Stephen to sign a behaviour contract.

If he breaks it, he will be asked to leave.

"Do not attempt to harm any member of staff or other campers.

"Do not swear at any time."

-OK, so do you understand all those?

-Yeah.

-Yeah?

-yeah.

Right, so if you could put your name there, please?

WOMAN: Thank you very much.

Good lad.

'I think if Stephen improves his behaviour,

'I think he'll be more embraced by the group

'and he'll be more embraced by staff, as well.'

We always try and help him,

but, you know, it is difficult at times.

Erm, but if he was to go with this,

and to improve his behaviour,

he will - he'll reap the benefits of that,

and he'll get the most out of this process, but also, he'll take

the things that he's learnt into his day-to-day life when he goes home.

THEY SHOUT

WHISTLE BLOWS

Young people are supposed to do 60 minutes of exercise every day,

but, nowadays, only a quarter of kids actually manage this.

Our attitude to physical activity, sport or exercise is,

doing something you enjoy, doing it with your friends,

and doing it in a way that makes you happy

and feel confident about yourself.

Right, guys!

In the UK, one in three kids are classified as obese.

At camp, the idea is that being surrounded by others with

similar weight issues means that fear and embarrassment won't stop them

taking part in sport and exercise.

The good thing is, one doesn't feel scared,

because everybody around you came here for the same reason.

It's to change your life and,

if one does not feel nervous that somebody could be making fun of you,

then, it's a pleasant environment to be in.

People here are, like, the same size or a bit bigger.

'They're like... I feel, like, a bit more comfortable with them.

'It's like we're all here for a reason,'

and we just need to, like, get it done.

The boys are taking part in a swimming lesson.

When I go swimming here, I'll be more confident because

other people are, like, the same size as me.

But less than 24 hours after signing his behaviour contract...

WHISTLE BLOWS

..Stephen's back in trouble.

Stephen's had a couple of issues, this morning. In the pool,

he got into a bit of a scuffle with one of the other lads.

I asked him to get out. He then swore at me.

BLEEP! BLEEP!

That's not my decision, whether he will be leaving camp.

I'll speak to management,

but for now, he is on camp and we'll go from there.

Following an emergency staff meeting,

camp leaders Tay and Josh seek out Stephen.

Making a blockade?

-What? Playing a game.

-STEPHEN LAUGHS

Stephen, just sit down here, please, mate.

NOKIA RINGTONE PLAYS

All right, so, remember yesterday,

when we filled this out and signed this up?

-Yeah.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

We went through it and you signed it, OK?

This morning, at swimming,

you've broke no less than four of the conditions on here.

You have now made a decision to break this contract.

Your dad is going to be coming to pick you up later today.

-Do you understand?

-STEPHEN SOBS

Can you just give me one more chance, please?

-And this time I won't mess it up.

-HE SNIFFS

I'm sorry, but it's... The decision's been made.

But I want to stay here, though!

Stephen did get really upset and, in my opinion, it was genuine,

but we need all of the kids to get on board with the programme

and our ethos as quickly as possible,

just without having to enforce it on them.

I want to stay at this camp until my days are up.

-HE SOBS

-I just want one more chance, please.

You've had your final chance.

You've had numerous chances and we've been explaining to you,

over and over again, how important it is,

and this is, I'm afraid, it's the only way this is going to sink in.

All right?

HE SNIFFS

I didn't think they'd follow through and kick me out,

but obviously they did.

The thing I thought was, "Oh, no, I've messed it up."

Stephen's time at camp is over.

Stephen definitely showed positive signs.

The fact that he wanted to join the army

was a great incentive for him to keep...

keep going with this and we were trying to build on that.

It's just a shame that it was cut so short.

'It's just, this minute, it clicked.'

I do need to learn the lesson

instead of messing around all my life.

'Just behaving, but it's actually too late now.'

HE SOBS

'I was very disappointed in him,

'and he knew I was disappointed in him.'

I would... I would've liked him to complete what he'd set out to do.

'The hardest part is some of the kids

'that we couldn't get through to.

'I always get disappointed with it, but at the same time,

'I always know it's coming. You cannot save all of them.'

You just try your best. That's all you can do.

I'll say this about every child that comes here -

they will benefit, in some way, shape or form.

ENGINE PURRS

Two, one, off you go!

Good.

When she arrived, 14-year-old Rinat hated the camp,

especially all the compulsory exercise,

but as the weeks have passed, she's finally started to engage.

'My attitudes to food has changed,'

and, like, I see that I'm always wanting to go to the gym,

or always asking to go to the gym.

I'm like, "What's wrong with me? Why am I wanting to go to the gym?"

And, it's like, I'm really happy that it's happened,

because, like, it's so good to go the gym,

and it's so good not to think about food like I was thinking about food,

so I'm really happy this change happened.

Go! Off you go!

Today, it's the last two-mile challenge.

Previously, Rinat refused to run the course

and was disqualified for taking a short-cut.

Now she's determined to complete the challenge.

So, I will try. Maybe I'll just walk, but I just want to finish it.

I will try to run, but I will do the best I can.

I really hope I can, because I'm really, really bad at running,

so I will just try to do my best.

But what the two-mile challenge does is,

cos it's up to them to challenge themselves,

they can't win or they can't lose.

All they can do is better their result,

and every week that they see progress,

they then take ownership of that - a challenge, in itself -

and push themselves harder and harder and harder.

That is demonstrating success, not failure.

Can you move your legs a little bit quicker? Like this.

Oh, my God, my legs are burning.

Rinat pushes herself harder than she has ever done before.

You can do it. You can do it. What are we going to do? Yes.

-Come on!

-Come on!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

SHE PANTS

-SHE PANTS

-I can't breathe.

Kat, you know how much time I did?

29.47.

-29? I did less than 30.

-SHE BREATHES HEAVILY

It's a personal best for Rinat.

I'm happy because I ran.

I don't really care about the time, I'm just happy I ran.

I'm really proud of myself.

The five-week course is coming to an end,

and today it's the final weigh-in.

That's 2.4kg, which is really good.

Well done.

When her twin sister left two weeks into the course,

15-year-old Amy struggled, but stuck with it.

She arrived weighing 16st

and was at serious risk of a heart attack or stroke.

MACHINE BEEPS

-So, you've lost 2.5kg, which is...

-Well done.

Amy has lost more weight than any other girl on camp -

over 1st in total.

5.85 lbs. Well done.

-Well done, you.

-I wasn't expecting anywhere near that.

I do think my biggest achievement is the weight I've lost,

cos I never thought I could.

Like, I came here expecting to lose about, like, 2kg,

something like that,

so, yeah, I think I've really, like, pushed myself

and done better than I thought I could.

Despite her new-found love of exercise,

for Rinat, her results are surprising.

-You've not put weight on.

-Yes, I could.

No, last week, you weighed 70.9 and now it's 70.7.

-It's just...

-No?

-Yeah, but it fluctuates every day.

-That's normal.

Yeah, like, every day, you weigh a different weight.

What did I lose, 200g?

For Professor Paul Gately,

it's not the amount of weight that's lost,

but the change in the campers' attitude that's most important.

'It's not that they learn how many calories are in an apple,'

'it's actually that they learn'

how to overcome the many barriers and challenges that they face.

This could be the first step towards a healthy future for Rinat.

'I want to lose, like, 20-25kg altogether,'

and I really hope I can do it at home, with the help of everyone,

and I did already, here, a little bit,

but I hope I can continue the change at home,

and I hope I really can do it, because if I can do it,

that will be, like... I will be, like, so happy...

It will be, like, the best thing in my life, I think,

if I really can do it.

It's the last night at camp, and staff have organised

a graduation ceremony to celebrate the campers' achievements.

Welcome, everyone, to graduation!

CHEERING

Most inspirational, without a doubt,

-it's Sebastian.

-CHEERING

When I get home, I just need to make sure that no-one pushes me -

that I push myself.

That I'm the person who shows the will to progress,

and to lose weight, to live healthier.

For best singer,

-does anyone know who this is?

-CHEERING

Jordan!

Yes, Jordan, up you come, lad.

CHEERING

I've lost over a stone at camp

and I'm very, very happy with myself.

I'm very confident. I feel much better in myself

and I feel like I can achieve much more, like, in the future.

It's been a pleasure watching you grow over the last five weeks -

Little Miss Caring, Amy.

CHEERING

I really don't want to go home. Like, I'm going to miss it so much,

and it's been, like, the biggest, like,

opportunity I've had in, like, so far,

and it's just been so good.

-I've really enjoyed it.

-THEY SOB

Between them, the campers have lost over 50st.

'My attitude has changed, to food and to sports.'

Now I just want to do, like, sports as much as I can,

and I just, like, I just...

I just ask to wake up at 6.30am in the morning to go to the gym.

It's like, my attitude has, like, seriously changed.

Since camp, Rinat goes to the gym three times a week after school

and has cut down on both sweets and portion sizes.

Stephen has lost a further 2st and is still a keen cadet.

He has also started anger management classes at school.

Sebastian has maintained the weight he lost and taken up hiking.

He has overcome his fear of eating in public and is making new friends.

Jordan has lost another 2st and every day after college,

he does a two-mile run.

Amy and Beth have lost a total of 73lb.

Amy's been discharged from hospital

and is no longer at risk from high blood pressure.