Three Year Old Toddler Weighs 60kg

A three-year-old toddler from China is a cause of worry as he weighs a mammoth 60kg.

Though his birth weight was just 2.6 kgs, he began to gain weight rapidly within 3 months. During the last year alone, the baby has gained about 10 kgs.

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"His appetite is so good that for a meal he can eat 3 big bowls of rice, even larger than I and his mother," said Hao's father Lu Yuncheng.

The parents have tried their best to keep a strict vigil on the child’s diet, yet if they begin to restrict his food, the child begins to cry non-stop.

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Source-Medindia

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