Nah, I reckon that was exactly the plan. They probably thought "no-one in our family has ever been good at anything, but here's a chance for our offspring to stand out from the crowd. Let's get a funnel and keep stuffing him with sugar and lard. He won't be the cleverest kid in school but by God he'll be the fattest!"
It's like slating a leukaemia sufferer's parents for shaving his head when his hair starts to fall out.
I'm just glad that nobody in his local area will ever find out it's him and proceed to take the piss for the rest of his (short) life.