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[–] Carsandsarcasm 0 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago 

That is heartbreaking. His life is over and he isn't even old enough to realise it yet. I'm disgusted that apparently this stage is the right one to think, "Hey, maybe we should have a think about this." The kid was enormous a long time ago. To let him grow to this size is just cruel. There is so much he will never know because his parents screwed him.

But the part that gets me most about this is the tone of the article. It is mildly opposed to what has happened, but mostly treating it as "oh, well, the parents wanted him to be healthy. That's understandable." If this was a starving child, there would be mug shots, accusations, disgust, no shortage of eating disorder references, and detailed analysis of exactly the treatment. People just do not understand how horrible what has happened to this child is.

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[–] invisiblecalories 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Poor kid. Even if they did a complete turnaround to all healthy foods in sensible portions, he'll probably still die young of a heart attack.

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[–] ridsloth 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago  (edited ago)

According to the article, "having a think on this" also translates to "restrict the diet to brown rice only" (not that it would happen anyway, but that's the solution that was printed). How can our whole species fail so stupidly to intuit/learn anything about the most basic of biological functions?