-Obese Indonesian boy has been put on a crash diet over fears he may die after being named world’s fattest child
-Arya Permana, ten, weighs 192 kilograms and is reduced to wearing just a sarong as normal clothes do not fit him
-Arya eats five meals a day, including rice and beef dishes, and has stopped attending school as he cannot walk
-His mother said Arya constantly complains of shortness of breath and he has been put on a diet of brown rice
A morbidly obese ten-year-old, who is reduced to wearing just a sarong as clothes do not fit him, has been put on a crash diet over fears he may die.
Arya Permana, named the world’s fattest child, weighs an eye-watering 192 kilograms and eats five meals a day consisting of rice, fish, beef, vegetable soup and Tempeh – a soy patty large enough to feed two adults.
Arya, from West Java Province in Indonesia, has dropped out of school as he can no longer walk and his mother Rokayah said he is ‘perpetually hungry’.
‘He has an enormous diet and can actually eat meals of two adults at one time,’ she said.
‘He is always tired and complains of shortness of breath. He only eats and sleeps and when he is not done with both, he jumps into the bathtub and stays there for hours.’
Arya’s parents have decided to limit the amount the ten-year-old eats per day and he is now on a diet of just brown rice.
‘My son is growing up at a rapid rate and I am worried for his health. I do not know any other way to stop him from gaining more weight than to give him less food,’ Rokayah said.
‘He can only take small steps before he loses balance. I wish to see my son studying and playing with other kids in the neighbourhood.’
Arya, the second son of Rokayah, 35, and her husband Ade Somantri, 45, a farmer, was born at home via natural birth and weighed a normal 3.2kilograms.
Father Ade said: ‘They asked us to take him to better hospitals if we think he needs medical attention. I have spent money beyond my capacity on his treatment but I am a poor farmer and making ends meet is a big task for me’