It’s so hard not to judge the parents when reading this story but in my experience people do better when they know better. Hope this family gets the help they need.

Poor boy !
So doctors couldn’t find anything abnormal. Probably means this boy was allowed to binge eat from a very young age and parents fed him all the time. Seems to me important that parents and son both get educated in this area.

I wish him well when it comes to weight loss but i believe that the parents should be held more accountable, they claim he can eat 2 full sized dinner in the time it takes 1 person to eat one. How do they know this unless they have let him eat 2 dinners?? If my child was obese to the point of shortness of breath then i wouldnt be allowing him to eat 2 full plates of dinner… nor would i be stocking the cupboards with junk food. Another article i read has his parents say that he eats 3 to 5 packets of potato chips in one go……WHO IS BUYING THEM?? it makes me angry when parents enable bad habits and then says they dont know how it happened.

I met a guy who was morbidly obese. He loved exercising and ate a reasonably healthy diet. He started to gain weight rapidly after knee surgery. Initially he had to rest to allow his knee and its surrounding skin to heal, then he started going for long walks and to the gym. He went to special low carb diets, continued exercising but continued to gain weight. His skin, mainly on his legs got so tight it started splitting and forming ulcers. He went into hospital, asked for a special diet which he followed rigidly for a fortnight and didn’t lose any weight. They introduced another one and he actually gained weight. During that time he didn’t have any visitors so it wasn’t as though he received food from outside. He was confined to the ward in a very long building in case he had a fall but was allowed to walk around as much as he could. During the time he was in hospital he also had phsyio to see if that would help. They didn’t work out whether a nerve, gland or something was damaged during surgery. While he was working he usually had a salad sandwich and a piece of fruit for lunch. Even when he went to sporting events he took his homemade lunch and bottles of water.

Very sad. I wish him all the very best for a healthy normal life.

HOw very sad, that the parents didnt start a diet for this poor child He obviously doesn’t eat healthy food

OMG Surely some special doctors have picked up on this story???WHY oh why haven’t someone stepped in to help this poor child. He clearly has a medical condition and needs specialist help …it’s not his parents fault or his, its his body going haywire. Oh I pray for someone to help reduce your weight and control your never feeling full problem. Bless you and may all be well SOON.

This must be so difficult for the parents, they have given their hearts and souls to their child. Good luck with the diet

I think he may have a medical condition where you eat and never feel full, hence the over eating. I really hope they are getting help with his weight and he is able to be a child again and go to school. hopefully brining it out on social media like they have done will get some expert advice as they really need it before it it too late.

Wishing them success in getting help.

This poor kid oh how sad for him

This would be distressing for the parents and child.

The poor child. Something should have been done long before this

Wish you guys the best of luck. All I can say is be strong and stick with it. Make him do a little exercise even if sitting down. Sometimes as parents we have to be cruel to be kind. Don’t give up on your beautiful boy ????????

If I were one of his parents, I would have sought help well before it reached this stage. I hope he gets help and returns to good health.