Mama June is warned of the gravity of her situation and urged to take active steps in making it right

Feb 24, 2015 14:45 GMT  ·  By
Honey Boo Boo tries healthy chicken on The Doctors, as part of a health intervention to get her to lose weight
   Honey Boo Boo tries healthy chicken on The Doctors, as part of a health intervention to get her to lose weight

We can all agree that Alana Thompson, aka Honey Boo Boo, is obese. Whether you think she is cute or not, there’s no denying that she’s almost twice as heavy than she should be at her age, which is 9.

Starting with a few days ago, she’s been put on a diet in the hope that all the years of unhealthy eating haven’t already done too much damage to her health. Honey Boo Boo is believed to weigh 125 pounds, which is about 56.7 kg, and she never knew the meaning of “healthy food.”

Mama June and Honey Boo Boo, and a serious weight problem

As the video below will show, Honey Boo Boo and her widely criticized mother, Mama June, stopped by The Doctors on CBS to discuss with specialists the possibility of doing something to curb the kid’s weight gain.

Honey Boo Boo rose to fame on TLC’s Toddlers & Tiaras, which landed her her own reality show, Here Comes Honey Boo Boo. After kiddie pageant shows, eating is her biggest pleasure in life - and the food that makes its way to her stomach is always of the unhealthiest kind because Mama June has no idea how to cook or cater healthy stuff for the family.

Her staple dishes are Sketti and Cranberry Goodness, and they’re made with canned gravy, lots of sugar and butter, and ketchup, not exactly in that order.

So no wonder the entire family is grossly overweight.

Honey Boo Boo is on a diet

We now know why Mama June and her daughter were in Los Angeles a few days ago: they’re not getting another shot at reality television (yet), but they taped an episode for The Doctors, which will air on CBS tomorrow, Wednesday, February 25, E! News reports.

Dr. Travis Stork and Dr. Jennifer Ashton visited the family home and poked around in the fridge, and they were understandably horrified by what they found there. Together, they came up with a new eating plan for Honey Boo Boo, which replaces smoothies with fruit shakes, deep-friend chicken with baked chicken, and pizza with a healthy twist.

In the video below, a preview for the episode, Honey Boo Boo is seen sampling some of the new foods she’ll get to enjoy now that she’s on a diet. She seems to love them, by the way.

The 9-year-old has also received a bicycle from the show’s producers and will be monitored for the next few weeks, to see if she sticks to the diet and if it has the expected results.