Doctors reveal their fears for nine-year-old Australian boy who tips the scales at a staggering 178kg
- Nine-year-old Australian boy was classified as morbidly obese at age seven
- A doctor said more than a quarter of children in Queensland were overweight
- The boy has been compared to the world’s fattest boy from Indonesia
- He is currently being cared for by some of the state’s top doctors
The shocking case of a nine-year-old boy who weighs 178kg has exposed the horrific crises of childhood obesity.
The child was revealed to weigh in at 100kg at just six-years-old and had a body mass index (BMI) of 50 at age seven, which classified him as morbidly obese.
A doctor said more than a quarter of Queensland children were overweight, obese, or morbidly obese, the Courier Mail reported.
The shocking case of a nine-year-old boy who weighs 178kg has exposed the horrific crises of childhood obesity (stock image)
Arya Permana (pictured) from Indonesia, who was named the world’s fattest child at 10, weighing 192kg.
The Australian boy has been compared to the world’s fattest boy, Arya Permana from Indonesia, who was named the world’s fattest child at 10, weighing 192kg.
The nine-year-old Queensland boy, who cannot be named, already suffers from type-2 diabetes and hypertension.
Australian Medical Association Queensland president Dilip Dhupelia urged parents to monitor their children’s growth and BMIs.
‘When children eat more than they need, their bodies store the extra calories in fat cells for energy later…if that energy isn’t used then more fat cells are developed,’ Dr Dhupelia told the publication.
The Australian boy is currently being looked after by some of the state’s top doctors.
A significant jump of 72 per cent in just four years in the number of children under the age of 18 with type-2 diabetes has dietitians and doctors worried.
A significant jump of 72 per cent in just four years in the number of children under the age of 18 with type-2 diabetes has dietitians and doctors worried (stock image)
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