Three years ago, Indonesian Arya Permana weighed almost 200 kg and was then only 10 years old. When his pictures appeared in the press around the world, he was called "the fattest child in the world."
Arya ate large amounts of food daily, including noodles, soda, and fried chicken. He became so fat that he could no longer go to school, and in general he could hardly move even around the house.
The boy's parents could not buy him clothes for his size, and he simply wrapped himself in capes and sheets. And since he did not fit into the bath, he was forced to wash in a small pool in the yard of the house.
When it became clear that severe obesity would soon kill him, Arya underwent surgery to create a stomach sleeve and he became the youngest patient to have had such an operation. The operation consists in the fact that part of the stomach stretched by overeating is removed, and a narrow "sleeve" is made from the rest. After that, food can only be taken in small doses.
Now Arya is 13 years old and since the operation, he has lost more than half of his weight - 109 kg. He now weighs 85 kg. The change in diet also played its role, after the operation the boy began to eat fish and vegetables. Besides fish and vegetables, Arya is allowed to eat fruits and soup.
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The former fattest child in the world was left with massively drooping skin as a reminder, but it was decided to remove it after Arya passed her school exams.
During his peak in obesity, Arya weighed as much as six normal boys his age. He began to gain excess weight from the age of 4. According to his parents, he became addicted to unhealthy food and consumed it in huge quantities, and his parents could not do anything about it.
Arya ate 5 times a day in large portions and as a result, by the age of 10, he could barely walk 5 meters on his feet. His parents did not want to put him under the knife, and only words about the threat to his life were able to convince them to give permission.
The stomach surgery was performed at Omni Hospital in Jakarta and took 5 hours. Just a month after her, Arya lost 31 kg and after that his weight began to decrease regularly.
Despite the fact that Arya is now slimmer and can walk and take care of himself without any problems, he mentally suffered from such changes. Having lost his favorite food, he became very upset. It seems that food was the main happiness in life for him.
But now the boy goes to school, plays football with friends, goes swimming on the river and plays badminton. Previously, he was almost deprived of communication with peers.