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90 Pound Toddler
Pang Ya is only two and yet, at 90 pounds, she weighs as much as the average adult Chinese woman.
Her family, who live in the Shanxi province of China, say Pang was born at a normal weight. They are now seeking assistance for their obese child.
My family has a cat who is, shall we say, voluptuous. Morbidly voluptuous. Like Pang’s parents, we don’t know how are cat developed such girth, but theorize she sneaks over to the neighbors to steal their cat’s food. I assume Pang doesn’t hop the fence at night to raid the neighbors pantry, Pang’s family will find the source of their daughter’s weight problem is a little more obvious than ours.
Source: The Telegraph
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Mad Men Barbies | Strollerderby commented on Mar 12 10 at 4:08 pmLisa commented on Mar 09 10 at 7:43 pmWow, you’re an ass. Do you honestly think it is as simple as the child guzzling sodas and twinkies? At this age? In China? Or have you considered the possibility that this child has a significant medical problem that CAUSED the obesity?
Lisa commented on Mar 09 10 at 11:41 pmI’m not the same Lisa. From my background of watching the show House, I’d guess it was cushing’s. I highly doubt it is over-feeding.
alison commented on Mar 10 10 at 12:08 amActually, the parents are right to seek assistance as there are some medical conditions for which obesity is a symptom. Not only was it extremely insensitive to automatically assume that this toddler in China is being overfed simply because you once had a cat who ate too much, it is also lazy of you as a simple google search (disease causes obesity, for example) provides a list of sites. But I guess it would have taken too much time to educate yourself on these things and wouldn’t have been anywhere near as satisfying as simply rushing to judgement.
diera commented on Mar 10 10 at 11:16 amAs I have said before in these discussions, I could feed my daughter (who frankly is a little pudgy and is the same age as the child in the article) by leaving an open crate of Twinkies on the floor and letting her eat as much as she wanted, and she *still* wouldn’t weigh ninety pounds. Unless the parents are putting a tube down the kid’s throat and feeding her like a goose destined for foie gras, this isn’t a result of overfeeding, because that’s what it would take to get a two year old without medical problems to weigh this much. This child has a medical problem. It is ridiculous to conflate together kids who are overly chubby because they play too many video games and eat too much fast food with kids who are obese way beyond what any simple bad habit could produce and who need medical help. It’s exactly equivalent to assuming that children with serious behavior disorders are pretty much the same as regular kids who throw bratty temper tantrums, just a little more so, and blaming the parents in both cases.
Cole commented on Mar 10 10 at 12:29 pmI think medical reasons for obesity are extremely rare. Yes, it can happen, but mainly that’s a concept we’ve sold ourselves in America (where we are really fat) to take some of the pressure off our gluttony. You just admit, mass cannot be created nor destroyed. This girl cannot gain more weight than what is being put into her. There is no disorder that makes food triple it’s mass within the body.
kelly commented on Mar 10 10 at 4:23 pmI think it’s cruel and unethical to make a freakshow out of this poor child’s weight, and to be so flip about it. You should be ashamed yourself.
mike commented on Aug 02 10 at 9:52 pmThe most ridiculous article I have read. Please do some research before making horribly inaccurate assumptions. I am going to say you are stupid and leave it at that.
Sherrie commented on Mar 26 11 at 8:04 pmThe child may have MOMO, a congenital genetic disease that affects children before birth. There is a case of a child name Archie Thompson who has MOMO and his story was televised years ago. I think a genetic disorder would be the most likely explanation for this child’s weight gain.
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