Pictured above are sisters Yogita Rameshbhai Nandwana, five, and Anisha, three, and their 18-month-old brother Harsh, and are among the world's heaviest young children .These kids weigh 34kg, 48kg and 15kg respectively and the food they eat in a week is enough to feed two families in a month !!
Local doctors believe the children are suffering from Prader-Willi syndrome, but do not know how to treat it.The rare genetic condition causes various symptoms including constant hunger, reduced muscle tone, restricted growth and learning difficulties.
Their father Rameshbhai Nandwana, 34, of Gurjarat, India, is planning to sell his kidney to earn the money needed to see top specialists. He said:
"If my kids continue to grow at this rapid rate they will have major health issues. We’re terrified they will die.’Yogita and Anisha eat 18 chapatis, 3lbs of rice, two bowls of broth, six packets of crisps, five packs of biscuits, 12 bananas and a litre of milk daily."
And their extreme hunger means their mother Pragna Ben, 30, spends most of her day making their meals. She said:
‘My day starts with making 30 chapatis and 1kg vegetable curry in the morning. After that I am again in the kitchen preparing more food.Their hunger never stops. They demand food all the time and cry and scream if they’re not fed. I am always in the kitchen cooking for them.’
The couple have one older daughter, Bhavika, six, who weighs an average 2st 7lbs (16kg), and do not know why their other three children are so big.
Mr Nandwana earns just Rs 3000 (£35) a month - but usually has sufficient money to buy enough food to fulfil the large appetite of his children.He said:
‘I am a daily wage labour and I usually get paid Rs 100 a day but there are times when there is no work at all.I work in fields, dig wells, and do whatever menial job I can find to earn money. And I’m constantly worried about finding the money to feed my continually hungry children.If I don’t have the money, I borrow it from my brothers and friends. But I make sure I feed my children when they need.’
The father has spent Rs 50,000 (£540) on seeing doctors and treatment over the last three years – without any improvement in his children’s condition. He said:
‘No one in our family has a giant frame. Only my children are overweight. As parents, it pains us immensely to see them unable to move.They cannot walk; they cannot do anything on their own. Selling my kidney is a desperate measure.But I’m now desperate to get the right help for my children.’
Miss Ben cannot pick up her children so she has to watch them roll around when her husband is at work - or use a trolley to pull them around.She said:
‘They need me to help them bath or when they need the toilet. I’m only 40 kg so it’s impossible for me to pick them up.It’s a struggle when my husband is at work. They are usually restricted to the same place for the whole day and because of that, they cannot go to school.
'All they do all day is eat and play and giggle with each other. I want my daughters to get an education and play like other kids. I want them to have a life. This is no life.’
Here is what their typical diet is like :
6am
Five bananas
One litre of milk
Six wheat chapatis
One bowl of vegetable broth
10am
Five wheat chapatis
One bowl of yoghurt
One bowl of vegetable broth
12.30pm
Millet chapatti - made of 3.3lbs millet flour
Two bananas
One bowl of vegetables
Four packets of crisps
3pm
Millet breads
Rice - 3lbs with vegetables
5pm
1 litre cold drink (Coca Cola or Pepsi)
Six packets of crisps
Five packs of biscuits
Five bananas
8pm
Six wheat chapatis
One litre of milk
Buttermilk (1.5 litres)
Two big bowls of vegetables
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