Can This Be the Fattest Baby in the World? ……He is Just 18 Month Old Baby!

Disturbing photos of a baby suffering from a strange deficiency that increases her body size excessively has emerged with doctors putting heads together to tackle the ailment.

A morbidly obese toddler tips the scales at 53lbs (24kg) – making her one of the heaviest girls in the world for her age.

In March 2015, 18-month-old Aliya Saleem weighed 41lbs (18kg) and her incredible size garnered worldwide attention. A video about Aliya and her family’s ordeal received more than 21 million views on YouTube channel Barcroft TV.

Now a paediatrician at the nearby Orchid Medical Centre has formulated a number of theories about what could be behind Aliya’s ever-expanding waistline.
Dr Bhavya Kumar has examined Aliya and believes she could be suffering from Prader-Willi syndrome – a rare disorder characterised by learning difficulties, growth abnormalities, and obsessive eating.
He said: “There could be some hormonal imbalance, there could some metabolic disease. There can be some genetic causes. It could be because of some tumour. But because there is a history of sibling loss with similar complaints, that points towards a genetic cause.
“So, I strongly suspect that this could be a case of some genetic disorder, most probably Prader-Willi syndrome, which is a very rare disorder.”
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Now a paediatrician at the nearby Orchid Medical Centre has formulated a number of theories about what could be behind Aliya’s ever-expanding waistline.

Dr Bhavya Kumar has examined Aliya and believes she could be suffering from Prader-Willi syndrome – a rare disorder characterised by learning difficulties, growth abnormalities, and obsessive eating.

He said: “There could be some hormonal imbalance, there could some metabolic disease. There can be some genetic causes. It could be because of some tumour. But because there is a history of sibling loss with similar complaints, that points towards a genetic cause.

“So, I strongly suspect that this could be a case of some genetic disorder, most probably Prader-Willi syndrome, which is a very rare disorder.”