Hi. My name is Kayla and I was one of the 12 teens that was involved in the FIT program. It has helped me realise how many other people are going though the same thing. I mad good friends from the experience. I just want other people to see it and understand what its like, and what "we" go though.

Tomorrow's children will be fatter than ever as parents become more busy/lazy when it comes to feeding their kids. It is easier to order some food or go to the drive-thru than it is to actually cook a decent meal.

With the lack of physical activities at school and at home, availability of fast food and the improper eating habits passed down, today's youth will be incredibly challenged to overcome!

I just want to encourage Greg. In the short hour that Greg had an opportunity to share his thoughts, I was extremely impressed. Greg, you are wise and mature beyond your years. Your ability to assess situations accurately and verbally express your ideas in an articulate fashion is a gift that few possess. I hope you are able to see that in yourself and I encourage you to embrace that.

My daughter and I had just watched Supersize me. Last night we watched your show. What an eye-opener. It was very interesting and generated an interesting discussion between us. Thank you for such a good show.

I was a fat teen. Many parts of this show reflected what I experienced. Harsh words from others and myself. Coming home to an empty house after school, food was a comfort. I belive that looking at why we eat and finding other ways to fill the void we stuff food into is very important.

Fear of failing is part of staying fat. When my focus is on activity, healthy food and a creative outlet my weight drops. The end goal is not weighing less but having my life richer with positive choices. I enjoyed your show very much. Thank you.

The kids in Generation XXL are phenomenal, so honest and brave. I watched the documentary last night and was moved so deeply. I have had my fair share of weight problems, and in the past year I lost 40 pounds through proper diet, exercise and building my self esteem. It is the only way someone can do this. This is no quick fix, no magic pill, no snake oil that can help you do this. The methods in the documentary are the only way a person can learn to lead a healthy lifestyle. I wish such a program was available to me as a teenager.

The counsellors were excellent. I especially liked the stuff on mindful eating, really thinking about what you are eating, and actually tasting it and feeling the "lard" on the top of your mouth. I was a mindless eater for years, gaining so much weight, giving me another reason to drop out of the world. The lessons on metabolism, healthy eating, self esteem building,,,powerful stuff.

I have taken back my life, living a healthy lifestyle and working on myself. The kids in the film are so inspirational as some days I just want to give up and let the eating begin all over again. I want to encourage them and thank them for their bravery and courage for sharing so much of themselves as they touch all of our hearts out here in British Columbia.

I also commend Teresa MacInnes, the filmmaker, and the cinematographer....Nova Scotia has never looked so beautiful...I definitely want to go back.

Thank you CBC for broadcasting such a meaningful work...

This is a documentary of great integrity. The stories of the teens were sensitively and respectfully told with no sensationalism.

What a lovely bunch of young people, who have so much to offer and tell us all about life's struggles.

I work in a secondary school and hope this film will be available for viewing in schools.

Larger than life.

Thanks for making this documentary.

I hope the program has follow up (not for broadcast).
The "treatment" model can be applied to so many adolescent issues...

The director has a very human touch.

I hope that increased awareness (and, hopefully, programmes designed to prevent childhood/teen obesity) will make life kinder ... and more physically and emotionally healthy ... for those affected.

What I don't "get" (but for which I'm very thankful) is that my children... now adults ... should, by rights, be overweight: they rarely participated in PE (a wealth of creative excuses), and it was a constant challenge to drag them away from the television or video games. I never brought junk food into the house, but of course couldn't stop them from eating as they chose when not at home. They were, in short, sedentary and eating a great deal of junk food, yet every one of them has remained at a normal or sub-normal weight throughout childhood and into adulthood.

I don't question for an instant that poor eating habits and a sedentary lifestyle can promote obesity, but given this reality, I can't help but wonder why none of my children have ever been overweight. The only thing I can think of, besides genetics, is that I didn't hold with the idea that a "fat baby is a healthy baby" (much to the horror of in-laws and some older relatives). They weren't underweight by any means; they were, in fact, "robust" and, according to their doctors, remarkably healthy, with phenomenal immune systems.

Just a speculative thought or three ...

I felt the pain that these young people were experiencing. The pain that comes from the harsh words and actions of others, as well as the pain of their own lack of self worth. Many don't view over eating as an eating disorder, but I feel that it often is.

Youth, like all people have to be happy with themselves inside and out. To be comfortable in your own skin and to value yourself is very difficult for many people to achieve. To deal with the rising rait of obesity in this country, we need to reach into the hearts of all kids and tell them - you are a person of worth, you have value. From there we must show them how they can live well. You have to value yourself before you can want to make positive changes in your life.

Help kids to find their passion & believe in them. Listen to them & give them a voice. This film gave youth a voice. Three cheers to the people behind the camera & to the youth who were so brave to share their story.

The documentery was excellent, you truly felt the pain these kids were experiencing. I also saw the potential in all of them. They all have something to contribute and hope that they are supported to do so. They would be excellent role models in coaching younger children to avoid similair fates.

I work with a program that tackles the childhood obesity problem at the elemetary school level. You need to get to the kids at an early age with a program that makes it fun to be active and eat right.

Kids are influenced by the messages they recieve, and most of those messages are delivered by big business with only profit in mind.

I would like to see a follow up program as well.

Does anyone know the name of the singer who played a song for the kids. "Matt" something. "I got my mojo up" were lyrics to his song. Also, the documentary was exceptional. Continue the awareness and support of these kids. Generation XXL will one day be our leaders.

I was an overweight child/teen. I was called names, but i would always defend myself. I remember being made fun of for my weight one day in highschool and replying "I can lose the weight but you cant lose the ugly".

Its taken me 9 years to lose the 45 extra lbs that i had accumulated due to feelings of loneliness as a child, pretty much taking care of myself and being solely responsible for standing up for myself.

The important thing is for parents not to focus on the weight, but rather changing the lifestyle that is toxic to their childrens development like being sedentary. After moving out on my own i started to be more active and started becoming familiar with the types of activities that i enjoyed doing like dancing and going to the gym and overall started taking care of myself. Its hard for these kids to see how wonderful they are, parents need to make sure that they reenforce the talents and abilities of their children so that they help to take the focus away from weight. They also need to have a communicative relationship with their child so that they dont retreat to their rooms with the thoughts of the abuse they experience but rather discuss them with the parents and then the parents are able to talk about the positives and let their kids know their own childhood experiences.

Too many times parents forget how to relate to their children, and have their own hang ups about their childhood traumas. But they need to use those experiences to let their children know that all those experiences make you stronger, make you a better person, develops a great personality and helps you become a wonderful friend as you grow up due to the knowledge you gain from being through those hard times.

I was able to overcome my image problems and as they succeed in school and work they will learn too that they are not those things they were called.

Whats interesting is all those girls that use to put me down had really bad self esteem issues, and they would put others down to make themselves feel better. Yet they are all overweight NOW and do to their bad attitudes through their life they have been unable to retain friends and have no one to help them through this stage in their lives.

Keep up the good work, believe in yourselves and know that when you grow up none of those people or experiences matter because you are all great people.