He eats all the time but never feels full

[schumi]

Mpumalanga - Caden Benjamin reaches for a container of lip balm on the table.

Immediately, he sinks his teeth into it, and starts chewing off the plastic, relentlessly.

The 10-year-old eats anything he can get his hands on. “At one point, Caden was eating toilet paper. He’d eat rolls of it,” said his mom Zola.

“Actually, he’d eat any paper he would find in the house. If there’s nothing for him to eat, he’ll scrape together the dirt he finds on the floor and eat that.”

Caden, who lives in Standerton in Mpumalanga, suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Prader-Willi syndrome which results in a constant sense of hunger.

The rare, incurable disorder affects about 20 000 people worldwide and results in physical, mental and behavioural problems.

To make matters worse, people with Prader-Willi Syndrome need less food than their peers because their bodies have less muscle and tend to burn fewer calories.

“At three years old he was 40kg and at that time, we didn’t know what was wrong with him,” said Zola.

“We went to a number of doctors and no one could tell us what was wrong and why he was gaining so much weight.”

Eventually, a doctor at Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria ran further medical tests and diagnosed Caden’s illness.

More at: http://www.iol.co.za/saturday-star/news/he-eats-all-the-time-but-never-feels-full-10300502

 

[Spontaneous spinach]

Damn, aint nobody going to invite that family over for dinner.

 

[dunkyd]

Perhaps cut out the food they give him ?

 

[Mr Scratch]

Something sounds fishy here...

 

[cpu.]

Damn, aint nobody going to visit that family over for dinner.

Just have some toilet paper handy if you do.

 

[Thor]

That's news?

 

[cn@]

He's 10 years old?

Give him plenty of veggies like broccolli, cauliflower, pumpkin, brussel sprouts and esparagus. He'll be "full" in no time.

 

[saor]

He's 10 years old?

Give him plenty of veggies like broccolli, cauliflower, pumpkin, brussel sprouts and esparagus. He'll be "full" in no time.

He'll still be reaching for the tube of lip-ice.

 

[LazyLion]

I think I have that disease!

 

[Adrianax]

A lip ice cap and toilet paper do not have nutritional value, no wonder the kid keeps eating. Simply give him real nutritional food, like mentioned above.

 

[saor]

Simply give him real nutritional food, like mentioned above.

I think you're missing the part about him having a rare disease that causes him to be hungry all the time, regardless of what he eats.

 

[crackersa]

I think you're missing the part about him having a rare disease that causes him to be hungry all the time, regardless of what he eats.

Reading is hard!

 

[The_Mowgs]

Jassus 40kg at 3 years old??

 

[Creag]

Reading is hard!

Clicking the link is real hard too.

 

[Fro]

Carte Blanche had 2 kids on the show ages ago who had similar or the same disorder. The contrast between their bodies reflected the type of parents they had. The one kid's parents were stricter (regarding food) with him than the other's; giving him a normal portion without any seconds. The fat kid's parents weren't the slimmest too. When they were filmed at their house they had a barrel KFC on the table!

Jassus 40kg at 3 years old??

I was about 50 kg when I was in grade 11.

 

[WaxLyrical]

He'll win that middle challenge in Fear Factor hands down.

 

[konfab]

So in other words he is a manifestation of the leftist welfare state. Is he the chosen one that will bring the force back into balance?

 

[Icemanbrfc]

So in other words he is a manifestation of the leftist welfare state. Is he the chosen one that will bring the force back into balance?

Return of the Leftist.. May the force be with him

 

[Nithan15]

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