as fucked up as these parents are they did have the right idea in mind, but taken to a gross extreme. by training a young child and advancing them along in their training (not like these wackos, healthy training), kids can be serious athletes by the age of 11. i have trained these cyborgs and its impressive, their diets are awesome, and it is all diet. i collaborate with the parents and alot of them knew their stuff. my friend was raised by 2 parents who are and were both nutritionists. never cheated, never had desire, always, always shredded, serious shredded too, like genetic 7% - the reason why, he never gained fat as a kid so i guarantee he has a small number of fat cells compared to the typical american child. they led by example without pushing. he's in the magazines now every once in awhile. ridiculous, but starting a kid young and making healthy progressions does make a huge difference in the physical turnout of the kids.
but these parents are sick in the head. it was and is about them, not the kids.