Fat parents logic Back in high-school I had a classmate who was ~100kg for 1.70mt (BMI > 35 to spare you the conversions trouble). During breaks he used to share his sandwiches with other classmates, he used to say if nobody else wanted them he was going to throw them away (he wasn't lying, I saw him throwing them in the trashcan more than once). When I asked him why'd he bring the sandwiches in the first place he said his parents made them, and they got really angry if he came home without eating them, because they were afraid he wasn't eating enough. I can imagine he was force fed into obesity at home, since he obviously was overeating. Two more things to note: first we're in Italy, 100 kilos (~220 pounds) is something almost unheard-of for a high-schooler, second the "sandwiches" were really one baguette cut in two (it wouldn't fit in the backpack whole) and filled with a ridiculous amount of ham or salami. But what I can't really get over is how in the world were these fellows thinking their son was undereating/anorexic when he was the fattest thing in the whole school. I mean, if they gave him fruit or vitamins I would have kinda understood, but he certainly wasn't low on ham!