Fattest kid in the world: 7 years old, 222 kilograms

Post by **Broomstick** » 2007-05-16 07:55pm

This is actually far beyond normal gluttony. 10,000 calories a day probably exceeds what a Tour de France competitor eats. It's near the limit of what the human body can process, if I recall correctly.

This girl really needs some medical testing done. Prader-Willi is the biggest suspect, but I think there really must be something physically wrong with the kid.

Even so - Prader-Willi can be treated and controlled. It's hard, but they can maintain near-normal weight and fitness.

I don't normally advocate terminating parental custody, but if the mother can't take control of the situation then someone else must, for the sake of the child

Erik von Nein · Post by **Erik von Nein** » 2007-05-16 08:09pm

Broomstick wrote:This is actually far beyond normal gluttony. 10,000 calories a day probably exceeds what a Tour de France competitor eats.

"Probably"? At maximum a competitor like that would be getting 4,000-5,000 Calories a day. 10,000 Calories per day means she's either eating pure lard by the bucket full or just doesn't stop eating or drinking soda from when she wakes up to when she sleeps. Either way the fact that her parents let her get away with it is criminally negligent, if not criminally abusive.

If she's got a genetic disease it must be one hell of one to be nearly 6-7 times her normal weight.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2007-05-16 08:13pm

I think it's testament to the endurance of the human body that she hasn't expired from renal-failure or heart disease already. Getting to that mass as an adult is hard going without dying. I can't imagine the child's cardio-vascular system or GI-tract is going to cope much more with this load. The sheer amount of sugar processed must be insane, to say nothing of the shit her kidneys have to filter. Even if you fix her diet, she's still got a warped skeleton that will likely never regain proper posture for adulthood and mental problems from such a horribly unbalanced diet during a critical stage of neurological development.

Erik von Nein · Post by **Erik von Nein** » 2007-05-16 08:20pm

This kid is already doomed to die young with massive amounts of health problems, sadly. Her heart, skeleton, liver, kidneys, GI tract and just about everything else is pretty much severaly damaged by this kind of lifestyle. Provided they get her to a healthier weight and a better diet she'll probably live the rest of her life fairly comfortably, even if it will be shorter than normal.

Oni Koneko Damien · Post by **Oni Koneko Damien** » 2007-05-16 09:12pm

Adrian Laguna wrote:
Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:And I demand to know just why the mother keeps feeding her literally the junkiest shit she can get her hands on instead of something eveb remotely resembling a balanced diet.
Quite simple really. Junk food gives you more bang for your buck, it's more expensive to eat healthy.

This was adressed in another thread, junk food is actually much more expensive than healthy food. Ten pound bags of rice cost a fraction of the same weight of frozen pizzas.

The difference is junk food is much easier to 'prepare', thus lazy people by it by the truckload, which is definitely the case here.

JME2 · Post by **JME2** » 2007-05-16 09:20pm

This is like a fucking train wreck. I want to look away, but I can't. What the hell is wrong with that family...

Coriolis · Post by **Coriolis** » 2007-05-16 09:25pm

Oni Koneko Damien wrote:
Adrian Laguna wrote:
Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:And I demand to know just why the mother keeps feeding her literally the junkiest shit she can get her hands on instead of something eveb remotely resembling a balanced diet.
Quite simple really. Junk food gives you more bang for your buck, it's more expensive to eat healthy.
This was adressed in another thread, junk food is actually much more expensive than healthy food. Ten pound bags of rice cost a fraction of the same weight of frozen pizzas.

The difference is junk food is much easier to 'prepare', thus lazy people by it by the truckload, which is definitely the case here.

Well, one can't simply live on rice. It's vegetables and other produce that end up being really expensive. It might be the area I live in, but vegetables are pretty damn expensive when they add up.

Enforcer Talen · Post by **Enforcer Talen** » 2007-05-16 09:37pm

Im mildly curious - what would happen if you put her on a SERE diet of water for a couple weeks?

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2007-05-16 10:34pm

The 10,000 calories per day is from her enormous intake of Coca-Cola alone. She drinks a 2 litre bottle just for breakfast!

Watching the video, I was struck by the way the mother is not just failing to control her eating, but is actually spoon-feeding it to her. Those of you without children may not have a good intuitive feel for what a 7 year old is normally like in terms of behavior, but my David is 8 years old, so I know very well what a 7 year old is like. And a 7 year old does not need to be spoon-fed.

This child is literally having food shoveled into her mouth by her idiot mother. Even if she does have Prader-Willi, there's no reason why her diet should consist exclusively of junk food and soda. Watch the video and try to look for evidence of fruits or vegetables. Anywhere.

NeoGoomba · Post by **NeoGoomba** » 2007-05-16 10:50pm

You should all be fucking ashamed. You're looking at a future NHL Hall of Fame goalie. This jealousy makes me sick.

I just hope they pack saw dust in those ice rinks.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2007-05-16 10:57pm

Enforcer Talen wrote:Im mildly curious - what would happen if you put her on a SERE diet of water for a couple weeks?

The shock to her system might well kill her. You can't simply stop eating when you're fat as all hell without massive health risks.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2007-05-16 10:59pm

The first thing to do would be to cut her off junk food, particularly her enormous daily intake of soda. But that can only happen once you take her away from her idiot mother.

NeoGoomba · Post by **NeoGoomba** » 2007-05-16 11:02pm

Would they have to wean her off so much shit by feeding her through an IV for an extended amount of time to ensure she gets the vitamins she's no doubt lacking?

Or would a gradual diet shift and exercise (more than the "roll from gut onto ass" be the safer bet?

Eris · Post by **Eris** » 2007-05-16 11:06pm

I think it's rather a red herring to speculate whether it's more expensive to eat healthily or eat poorly, at least in this context. Since if the mother can afford 10,000 calories in junk a day, she certainly could afford 2,000 or less in healthy food, no matter which was more expensive. I find it unlikely that the difference is quite so pronounced as that. Of course, it's a fascinating question for other reasons, but here it's pretty clear that the mother is capable of caring for her child, she just doesn't care to. Which is kind of sad, really.

Even more sad is that even removing her from her mother's custody and putting her on a programme to adapt to a normal weight probably wouldn't extend her life much.

There's only so much the human body can take, especially while it's still developing, and by the sounds of it the best case scenario involves chronic problems with her heart, liver, etcetera. Severe ones, as well, given the quantity of toxins she's ingested.

Yet another good argument for a test being administered before you're permitted to have children. I feel bad for the girl.

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2007-05-16 11:13pm

That's just...sad and disgusting. The mother is the most irresponsible fool on the face of the planet.

generator_g1 wrote:Jesus, that's already child abuse in my opinion. Spoiling your kids is one thing, but spoiling her to death is quite another.

It's not abuse, but it should be considered criminal neglect. The kid would be healthier if she stopped feeding her altogether.

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2007-05-16 11:17pm

darthbob88 wrote: Second kindest, of course, would be a helluva lot of medical attention to get her down to a more acceptable body weight and shape, and I sincerely hope she gets it.

I doubt it's even possible; the article said that her bones are disfigured at this point. Those don't grow back.

Sriad · Post by **Sriad** » 2007-05-16 11:54pm

"She eats 10,000 calories each day in Coca-Colas, 15 hamburgers with fries and several kilograms of chocolate."

10,000 calories is indeed her total daily intake.

By comparison:
When running 70 miles a week my senior year of high-school, I averaged 3,000 calories a day without weight gain.

Tour de France competitors burn an average of 5,200 calories a day.

Arctic explorers pulling a hundred kilos of their own supplies across dozens of kilometers of jagged terrain in -30 degree weather burn 6-8,000 calories a day.

There is perhaps one person in the world who can burn as many calories as this girl is being stuffed with for more than one day.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2007-05-16 11:55pm

It is possible to press bones with an external metal framework to warp them back into the proper shape, but you can’t do that to an entire skeletal system. It’s painful and time consuming, but doing it to her legs might make all the difference between her being able to walk normally or being a cripple. But then alot depends on just how bad the damage is.

FSTargetDrone · Post by **FSTargetDrone** » 2007-05-17 12:56am

I haven't watched the video (nor do I plan to), but all of that soda, every day, I shudder to think what state her teeth must be in.

Hugh · Post by **Hugh** » 2007-05-17 01:02am

I think the figures are a bit exaggerated. I don't think the girl can weigh 200Kgs and still move. She's half the height of an adult. As for what she eats, do you realize what "several Kgs of chocolate" means? Well, take 10 ordinary chocolate bars and stack them. Now put several of these stacks together. How long do you think it takes to physically eat that much? (Not to mention you'd feel sick before you finish the second bar.) And that's supposedly only part of her diet. What, she's eating in the classroom, too? And when she's taking a dump? How can her mother even afford to buy that much every single day?

That said, I couldn't watch the whole video either. It's beyond insane.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2007-05-17 01:06am

Hugh wrote:I don't think the girl can weigh 200Kgs and still move.

She can't really move properly under her own power. That's why she sloshes across the floor like Jabba the Hutt.

Marko Dash · Post by **Marko Dash** » 2007-05-17 01:25am

with that much stored fat, how many months could she survive on only water?

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2007-05-17 01:29am

Hugh wrote:I think the figures are a bit exaggerated. I don't think the girl can weigh 200Kgs and still move.

Ever seen any of the obese babies on The Maury Show? I of course don’t watch the show, but a commercial for an episode got my attention. They had two to three year olds who in some cases already weighed 200lbs and could just barely walk.

Eris · Post by **Eris** » 2007-05-17 01:35am

Marko Dash wrote:with that much stored fat, how many months could she survive on only water?

Not as long as you might think. At this point I would think that withdrawal would kill her without hospitalisation and a rather intensive medical regimen. Hell, even with that withdrawal still might kill her. Words cannot describe how far gone she must be at that weight.

Darth Ruinus · Post by **Darth Ruinus** » 2007-05-17 01:47am

I felt sick, I feel sorry for the girl, how her mom is basically killing her (murder is murder, be it with a gun or a knife, or a spoon and food)

I wonder if anyone is going to press charges against the mom, when the girl, (inevitably or very probably) dies? ( I really feel sorry for her, but I am interested if that fuck of a mom is going to face ANY consequences whatsoever)

On a side note, I dont get why some obese people dont seem to realize that obesity is a desease, and take offense when it is brought up to their attention, or at the very least ignore any advice to eat healthier food.