Alison Hammond

The 47-year-old broke down in uncontrollable tears as she admitted how obesity has had a devastating effect her confidence, live on Friday's This Morning.

You can't control wanting to eat all the time' 'Your personality is what makes you AMAZING! Forget the haters who shame on you as YOU are you and don’t ever change that. Just because the Adeles of the world lose mass weight and make it look easy, doesn’t mean we all need to also. You can't control wanting to eat all the time. Speaking about her decision to overhaul her lifestyle, she said previously: 'My WW journey is focused on getting healthier for myself. You will have touched so many people, in so many ways, me included.' You always light up the room. I think people look down on people when they're so big. You always make me laugh when I'm very low. Awful: 'I've had obesity all my life. I think people look down on people when they're so big. 'I've had obesity all my life.

'It's so hard – people don't realise,' Hammond said in tearful discussion.

A lot of people don’t realise that obesity is a disease. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. The presenter posted a photo of a smiling Hammond alongside a heart and a caption that read: “Proud of you”.

Alison was in tears over eating disorders during a phone in segment with the show's agony aunt Deirdre. Now, the Brummie TV star has returned to social media.

#ThisMorning " They're both eating disorders." #ThisMorning "

Tearful Alison Hammond divulged it was difficult to listen into the agony aunt's call because of her own struggles.

I have lost 10 stone but have to force myself not to eat bad food. I hear you Alison! Among the comments, one said: “I totally agree we are labelled as it’s our fault but it’s a medical disease that gets unnoticed. Another added: “I struggle every single day with food. I could quite easily gain all of it. A lot of people don’t realise obesity is a disease.

ALISON HAMMOND broke down in tears during a heartbreaking segment on eating disorders which unfolded during Friday's episode of This Morning.

One segment, however, triggered Alison as the caller spoke about fat-shaming and struggling to cope with their eating habits. She was comforted by Dermot and Deidre who cut This Morning to a break as Alison took a moment to regroup. Alison added: “You want to eat and you want the bad things and you know you don’t look great.” As Alison broke down in tears, she apologised: “I’m so sorry.” “That’s why they turn to surgery because they don’t know what to do.” “You can’t actually help it,” she continued as Dermot reached out to hold her hand.

The presenter was discussing obesity during Friday's (4 March) episode of This Morning when she became visibly emotional, sobbing as she responded to a phone-in ...

“Seeing Alison so upset I just wanted to give her a hug. “And they can’t actually help it when you’ve got a disease. A lot of people don’t realise that obesity is a disease. “It’s so hard... people don’t realise.” “I’ve had obesity all my life,” she said, “and what it is is your regulation system is out of whack.