A ‘giant baby’ whose weight has increased to 27 kg in 16 months after being born in Indonesia is a hot topic.
According to media such as Compass on the 22nd (local time), Muhammad Kenji Alfaro, who lives in Bandung, is attracting attention locally. He is currently 16 months old, but weighs almost 27.2 kg. The average weight of a baby at this time is 9.9 kg, which is 3 times heavier than Kenji’s peers, and is equivalent to the average of a 9-year-old elementary school student in Korea. Looking at the published photos, Kenji’s belly is convex enough to protrude from her clothes. The hands and feet look swollen.
Kenji is so big that most extra-large diapers don’t fit. You have to wear size XXXL diapers, but it is not easy to find such diapers on the market. Kenzie’s parents would cry and eat mustard and put her in size XXL diapers. Kenji’s house is not well done, so even this is said to be filled only when Kenji sleeps.
Kenji usually wears the clothes that elementary school students over the age of 10 wear. It is said that she sometimes inherits her father’s small clothes. He is in the middle of walking, but Kenji is in a position where it is difficult to control his body properly due to his weight. Even parents find it difficult to pick up or hold their children.
When Kenji was born, he weighed 4.5 kg. He was an excellent child, but at the time, it was said that obesity was not enough to worry about. Then, from 6 months of age, the weight increased rapidly. It is not known exactly why Kenji became obese. However, her mother, Fitriya, said she often feeds Kenji condensed milk or sweetened milk powder. Kenji’s father is involved in the fishing industry, but his income is irregular, and the money he earns goes towards the school expenses of his other two sons, so it is difficult to buy an appropriate formula for Kenji .
When this story was told, the local health authorities promised to provide Kenji with formula milk every month. The Minister of Health, Budi Gunadi Sadikin, is also said to have instructed Kenji to be monitored and given treatment to the child. However, in a recent health checkup, Kenji’s sleeping and breathing pattern came out normal, the media reported.
