Viewers Tweeted to say parents had to do more

But fitness guru Danni Levy said parents must take responsibility

for not doing enough

She said her child needs help from the

An overweight mother who says the government needs to do more to help her tackle her daughter's obesity has been slammed by This Morning viewers for not taking enough parental responsibility.

Liz Thomson, 35, from Ovenden, West Yorkshire, weighs 22st and is struggling to help her daughter, Holly, 11, maintain a healthy weight.

On today's This Morning, she told presenters Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford that 8st Holly is an 'emotional eater' who overeats and she can't constantly control her daughter's portion sizes.

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Liz Thomson appeared on today's This Morning to say the government's new obesity report does not go far enough to help people like her with overweight children

Liz weighs 22st and is struggling to help her daughter, Holly, 11, pictured with her last year, maintain a healthy weight

Fitness expert Danni Levy joined the debate to say parents need to take responsibility for what their children eat

She said she needs help from the government, charities and her community, to tackle her daughter's appetite, blaming unhealthy school meals and a lack of support from their doctors for Holly's weight.

She added that she is disappointed that the government's new obesity report doesn't go far enough to help people like her.

She said: 'I try to monitor it as I am obese myself and I don't want my child to suffer.

'But when she goes to school, the meals aren't healthy. I have been to the doctor to see what can be done about her overeating and he said they don't have the funding for this and they don't know where to send her.'

She added: 'Holly went to a fit camp and I fought for that as noone else would help me. I have also taken her to a dietitian but she was discharged.'

Liz said she has tried to help her daughter lose weight but she needs support from her doctor, the government and charities

But fitness guru Danni Levy, who joined Liz on the show to debate the obesity report, said the mother's own weight could be part of the problem and she needed to look to herself to set an example rather than to others.

Life on Marbs star Danni, 31, told Liz she needed to have more healthy foods in their home, saying: 'Your daughter didn't get obese from raiding the carrot cupboard, did she?'

Danni didn't hold back in telling Liz that she needs to set a better example for her child, referring to statistics that show a child with a one obese parent is 50 per cent more likely to be obese themselves, while a child with two obese parents is 80 percent more likely to be fat.

This Morning viewers Tweeted to blast Liz for not taking parental responsibility for her daughter's weight problem

Liz said she had tried to show her daughter how to diet as she had joined Slimming World and dropped from 30st to 22st.

She insisted Holly's problem can't be one she is to blame for as a parent, as her other two children are not obese.

But Danni said Liz needs to do more herself to help Holly.

'It is commendable you have lost weight and you are aware she has issues with food but you have to to accept the fact you haven't helped with her weight issues,' she told her.

The debate between Danni and Liz caused a stir among This Morning users with many supporting the personal trainer

She added: 'There is abundance of information out there - we know which is foods are healthy, which contain bad sugar and bad fats and which foods makes us fat.

'Why do you have those kind of foods in the house?

'It is your responsibility as a parent not put those foods in the house.'

This Morning viewers took to Twitter to support Danni's view and blasted Liz for suggesting schools, charities and the government had to help her instead of taking responsibility herself.

Jαde ‏tweeted: 'How can she say it's not her fault her kid is fat, when she's 30 stone herself? Stop buying crap food! #ObesityReport #ThisMorning'

Everything Mummy agreed writing: 'Bloody hell take responsibility for what your feeding your child! #obesityreport'

Andrew Salmon ‏added: 'How is this still discussion? If you don't want to be fat, EAT LESS. Don't blame others for your inability to eat salad! #ObesityReport'

Liz said her daughter is a 'comfort eater' and she doesn't want her to grow up having problems with her weight

'Bexter Boo' was one of the This Morning viewers to speak out in support of Liz

He added in another tweet: 'If this woman ate a carrot every time she gave an excuse for being obese she could have a career in modelling! #ObesityReport #ThisMorning'

Hannah ‏wrote: '#ObesityReport It's not the government's fault that your child is overweight. You buy the food. Take some responsibility.'

David ‏raised Danni's comments tweeting: 'Wasn't raiding the carrot cupboard! Made my morning!! Why didn't that mum take her for walks?! Stop blaming others!! #ObesityReport'

Another Twitter user, nasa ‏also said Liz was to blame writing: 'Size of this woman blaming the gvmt for her child being fat. No, think it might be you love. #thismorning #ObesityReport'

But other rallied in support of Liz with Bexster Boo ‏tweeting those who had criticised the mother to say: '@RachelFairfiel1 @itvthismorning having a weight problem is very difficult! Don't be so judgemental and rude about her!!!'

Danni and Liz debated on This Morning as the government have released a new obesity report on how to tackle children becoming overweight

Mother-of-three Liz has previously appeared in the press when she demanded the government help pay to send Holly on a £4,000 weight-loss camp.

She emailed health secretary Jeremy Hunt in 2015, asking him to provide funds for her daughter to spend five weeks at the specialist MoreLife camp in West Yorkshire.

She said then that Holly, who is 4ft tall and weighs 8st, 'doesn't know when to stop eating', adding 'there's nothing in her head to tell her when she's full'.

She said: 'I've tried everything but at the end of the day I can't stop her. She has a food addiction that comes from an emotional attachment to food.

'She's a very active girl and plays rounders and cricket, but in the evenings she will eat whatever. There's no filling her.

'The Government need to take action and do something - childhood obesity is a serious issue.'

Just as she did on today's This Morning, Liz said then that she had tried everything else to help her daughter lose weight.

She said: 'We've been to lots of doctors, we tried portion control, we've been to a dietician but were told she would just grown into her BMI.

'About five months ago we were told by a child mental health worker that Holly has an addiction to food, that it's an eating disorder, that it's emotional behaviour.

'We've really tried to keep her weight down but we need help from this camp now, it's what Holly wants.'