400 pound 7 year old

[BizzleLuvin]

what the hell is wrong with us?

[bobthenuker]

Maybe she has fat disease. There's fat diseases right, liek genetically that make you fat?

[birdgirl73]

From the looks of her mother, the child definitely inherited an obesity gene, but someone's also letting her eat way past the point of satiety, way past what's good for her. That's where I question the parental care she's received over the last few years. She didn't grow that obese overnight.

The sad thing about obesity is it makes itself worse. Fat is metabolically much less active than muscle. And belly fat, like in the apple-shaped body of that little girl, is the least metabolically active tissue of all. It's a fairly recent discovery that significant amounts of belly fat send uniquely damaging signals to both the cardiovascular and endocrine systems, putting folks with that shape at increased risk of heart disease and diabetes.

All that's a long way of saying what Slipknot already hinted at--that the more fat someone has (particularly torso fat like that child), the more easily the problem will simply continue to grow out of control unless it's fought very aggressively. That's why someone should have intervened to at least get that family some help with proper diet and exercise a long time ago.

The more I see her face, the more I wonder whether that child has one of those genetic syndromes where she's just terminally, unquenchably hungry all the time. I think the one I remember reading about is called Prader-Willi syndrome.

[N3D FLANDERS]

mmm super size me!

[KL4D4]

jesus fucking chirst

[NextLineIsMine]

From the looks of her mother, the child definitely inherited an obesity gene, but someone's also letting her eat way past the point of satiety, way past what's good for her. That's where I question the parental care she's received over the last few years. She didn't grow that obese overnight.

The sad thing about obesity is it makes itself worse. Fat is metabolically much less active than muscle. And belly fat, like in the apple-shaped body of that little girl, is the least metabolically active tissue of all. It's a fairly recent discovery that significant amounts of belly fat send uniquely damaging signals to both the cardiovascular and endocrine systems, putting folks with that shape at increased risk of heart disease and diabetes.

All that's a long way of saying what Slipknot already hinted at--that the more fat someone has (particularly torso fat like that child), the more easily the problem will simply continue to grow out of control unless it's fought very aggressively. That's why someone should have intervened to at least get that family some help with proper diet and exercise a long time ago.

The more I see her face, the more I wonder whether that child has one of those genetic syndromes where she's just terminally, unquenchably hungry all the time. I think the one I remember reading about is called Prader-Willi syndrome.

I think alot of Americans bogusly blame their obesity on genetics, its not exactly like we suddenly evolved into tubby fat asses in the last 50 years the genetics arn't different just the food

However in this girls case it must be, theres no way in 7 short years she could gain 400 pounds if she tried, her mom is a neglectful bitch and she has serious disorders

[JohhnyPotSmoker]

thats a big bitch.

[suhl]

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yall got any popcorn?



ahahahahahaha poor little girl. hahahahahahaha gimme a break take the ice cream away parents holy shit that popcorn line made my night

talk about genetics and metabolism all you want, the bitch was eating all the time. hahahahaha what i hilarious video she weighed more than two healthy average sized grown men hahahahahaha and she was a seven year old food addict and her parents kept giving her food. ahahahahahhaahahahaha natural selection at work, if you raise your kids like that, hopefully your kids cant reproduce

[Newbie87]

all i can say is "DAMN"

[Purple Banana]

Fucking titty Christ. Sorry for the obscenities.

But THIS is obscene...

If she DID have a metabolic weight disorder, chances are, they would have mentioned it. I know people say you make your own decisions, but seeing as how she's 7 and already 400 pounds- she had to learn that behavior SOMEWHERE. And that's 99.99999% likely her parents.

Shit, if I was her mom, I would NEVER EVER EVER let her get this big, nor even THINK of airing it as a several part series! How soul-less are these parents?!

Genetics DO have a good deal of a role in obesity, however, with a LOT of work and effort, people can overcome it to the point where they can be healthy- sure, they won't look like models, but people can do lots of things to change their health habits.

Wow. This is just horrifying...

THANKS FOR MAKING AMERICANS LOOK EVEN FATTER AND LAZIER THAN WE ALREADY ARE, TV. Just add to the fucking stigma...