Twins go on £3,500 “fat camp” after Facebook taunts

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 1,948 views

TWINS from Gerrards Cross went on a £3,500 “fat camp” after boys taunted them on social networking website Facebook.

http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/resources/images/1065035/?type=display16-year-olds Kate Jarman and Grace Jarman had wanted to lose weight before, but the final straw came when comments on Facebook labelled them “miserable, lazy and fat”.

The pair, who go to Chalfonts Community College, had struggled to diet on their own but decided to join a weight loss camp after seeing the cruel taunts.

They both weighed around 12 stone but after a four-week programme they have lost a stone-and-a-half between them. They now say they can shrug off the comments.

Grace said: “People were saying not to care about what other people think – but I do care.

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