World’s Fattest Boy Who Is 12 Years Old, Sheds Half Of His Body Weight (Photos)

A 12-year-old boy who made headlines for weighing 190kg at just the age of ten has lost the title of ‘world’s fattest boy’ after shedding almost half of his body weight. Arya Permana, from Karawang in West Java, Indonesia, was so morbidly obese he weighed the same as six boys his own age, struggled to walk more than five minutes at a time and spent most of his days lying down.

Last April he became the youngest person in the world to undergo a life-saving five-hour gastric sleeve operation to stop him from eating himself to near-death.

Before the surgery, the Indonesian World Records Museum (MURI) – the country’s version of Guinness World Records – named Arya as the heaviest boy on record.

Less than two years later and after doctors from the Omni Hospital in Jakarta removed a large portion of his stomach, Arya has finally been able to return to school after losing enough weight to enable him to walk.

‘I lost my appetite, now even six spoons [of food] already makes me full,’ Arya told the ABC.

‘They prevent me from consuming sweet food and drinks, particularly soft drinks.

‘I can play soccer, tennis, badminton, and most importantly, I can go to school every day’.

Doctors originally had called Arya’s condition ‘one of the toughest cases of obesity in the world’.

Prior to the surgery he was living on a daily diet of five meals a day, fried chicken, rice, noodles and chocolate ice cream.

It was only when his health reached a near critical condition that Arya’s parents accepted their son needed urgent help.

Following the success of the surgery, Arya is now able to walk to his school and play with his class mates.

His school uniform needed to be custom made and he uses a special desk and chair so he can comfortably sit to study.

Regular exercise and eating more fruits and vegetables is now part of the 12-year-old’s routine.

He eats healthy, walks for six minutes every few hours, does weight lifting and swims every day.

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