A 350-pound mother of two claims the reason she is morbidly obese is because she needs more of taxpayers money to break her bad eating habits.Christina Briggs, of Wigan, England, says she can only afford junk food and that she doesnt exercise because she doesn't have enough funds to join a gym.It's not easy being overweight and on benefits, the single mother says. If I was well off, I'd be able to buy fresh food and afford a gym membership.

Briggs says she has already tried swimming, but it cost her about 36 GBP a month, which meant cutting back on her favorite foods, like pizza and Chinese takeout.Its not my fault healthy food is too expensive, the 26-year-old added.I need more benefits to eat healthily and exercise, It would be good if the government offered a cash incentive for me to lose weight. I'd like to get 1 GBP equal to 1.62 USD for every pound I lose, or healthy food vouchers.Briggs is currently unemployed and receives over 32,000 GBP in benefits a year from the government and lives in public housing with her two children by different fathers, Helena, 10, and Robert, 2.