How old is a child that weighs 15kg

Thankful: 'The doctor is a miracle,' said Shrijit's mother Roopali left , who already has a healthy five-year-old son, Rishikesh. The parents were desperate and I could not turn my back on them. Dr Shah gave him a detailed examination and found that he could possibly suffer from an imbalance in his leptin hormone, which controls hunger.

If there is a deficiency, then there could be a medical cause behind his weight gain,' Mr Fry said. The boy needs to be given a strict low calorie diet. Dr Shah, who felt compelled to help the boy, said: 'I knew this boy needed some one-on-one care and there would be a lot of expense so the idea came to my mind that I financially adopt this boy.

The whole family have become emotionally attached to Shrijit. Dr Poonam said: 'My husband had referred this boy to many experts but no one was able to help him. We couldn't desert him. He's a very cute boy and we just want to be able to help him. He is a child and every child must be given equal love and care. But in that time they hope to reduce and then maintain his weight. Shrijit now lives between the hospital and at home with his parents, with frequent visits to Dr Shah's home.

The whole family have become emotionally attached to Shrijit pictured. We live hand to mouth. We have no idea where the next salary is coming from. The doctor is taking away the pressure and ensuring our son is cared for properly with no worries of the expense.

Shrijit weighed a normal 6lbs 6oz at birth and for the first couple of months he was breastfeeding fine. But in his second month, he gained 4kgs in 30 days. He was always crying and never seemed satisfied. Roopali was only feeding him breast milk but he continued to gain weight at a remarkable level. Eventually a family friend suggested they visit Dr Shah and the family quickly made an appointment.

Dr Shah is now seeking advice from doctors all over the world on the right course of treatment for Shrijit and hopes to find the right medication to treat his condition. Shrijit is one of the heaviest babies his age in the world, but there have been even more extreme examples of early set obesity.

A poor Indian father was planning to sell his own kidney to fund life saving treatment for his morbidly obese children in April. His five-year-old daughter Yogita weighed 34kg, three-year-old daughter Anisha weighed 48kg and his month-old son Harsh weighed 15kg.

Anisha and Yogita's daily diet consisted of 18 chapatis, 3lbs of rice, two bowls of broth, six packets of crisps, five packs of biscuits, 12 bananas and a litre of milk daily.

Their mother Pragna Ben, 30, who spends most of her day making their meals, said: 'My day starts with making 30 chapatis and 1kg vegetable curry in the morning.

After that I am again in the kitchen preparing more food. Huge: Three siblings from India From left Yogita, five, Harsh, 18 months, and Anisha, three, weigh 34kg, 15kg and 48kg. Unhealthy: Ten-month-old baby girl Aliya Saleem pictured - also from India - weighed in at Medical condition: Unlike Shrijit, who was born at a normal weight, Aliya pictured with her parents from Jharkhand, India, was born weighing 9lbs.

Massive: Eight-month-old baby in Colombia, Santiago Mendoza left, with his father , tipped the scales at just more than 19kg, the same weight as a six-year-old. In March last year, an eight-month-old baby in Colombia tipped the scales at just more than 19kg, the same weight as a six-year-old. Santiago Mendoza had to be flown from the north east of the country to the capital Bogota to receive life saving medical treatment. And this March, a ten-month-old baby girl from India weighed in at Start a Conversation.

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Search for a thread. My four year old is only just two stone but tbh she stopped using a buggy at about two, which I think is a pretty average age for toddlers to stop using them xx.

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