10 year old boy weighs 190 kg

Arya Permana (Indonesia) is only 10 years old but weighs 190 kg so he has to follow a special diet consisting entirely of brown rice.

Arya is believed to be the heaviest boy in the world today. With severe obesity, he has difficulty walking, often loses his balance and cannot go to school.

Arya with her mother. Photo: Carters.

According to Metro, Arya eats five meals a day, and can eat enough rice for two people at once. His large body makes it impossible for him to wear normal clothes and he has to wear a sarong. "He is always tired and out of breath. He just eats, sleeps or spends hours in the bath," Arya's mother, Rokayah Somantri, shared. "I just want to see him study and play with the neighborhood kids."

Arya often just lies down because it is difficult to move. Photo: Carters.

He weighed just 7 pounds at birth, but began to gain weight rapidly by the time he was 2. At the time, however, his parents thought Arya was normal. "We were happy because he was chubby," Rokayah recalls. "But after a few years, things got out of hand. We realized he was sick and needed help."

Rokayah and her husband Ade took Arya to see doctors in the village of Cipurwasari in West Java, but no one knew what was causing his obesity. "I didn't have enough money to buy food for him and had to borrow money. I couldn't let him go hungry," the father said.

When not eating or sleeping, Arya soaks in the bathtub. Photo: Carters.

Unable to afford the expensive hospital bills, Arya's parents asked him to eat only brown rice to control his weight. "No one wants that, but I'm poor and helpless. I'm not sure if it will work, but it's the only thing I can do to keep him from getting fatter," Rokayah said.

According to VNE