In a piece for Mail Online, Craig said: “The cruel taunt of my classmates of ‘Run fat boy, run’ was echoing in my ears as my PE teacher forced me to take off my sports top and run around the track, my flabby stomach jiggling as I bounced up and down.
“I was out of breath and close to tears. It was the final insult, the humiliation that pushed me over the edge after years of torment – and I was only 13.
“Until then I’d managed to brush off the name-calling and be the happy fat kid. But on that day I felt exposed, like a performing seal on display in the circus, goaded for the amusement of others. I felt worthless.
“My crime? I’d won a colouring competition and eaten the entire giant Easter egg prize in one go, so I returned after the holidays chubbier.”
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