Lu Hao is a three-year-old who, like many others, wants to grow up to be a superman.Lu Hao is a three-year-old who, like many others, wants to grow up to be a superman and likes to play with action figures. The difference is that the toddler weighs over 60 kilogrammes (132 pounds), five times that of an average boy in his age.
Hao s parents, who live in a sleepy riverside village in China s southern Guangdong province, say his weight was normal at 2.5 kg (5.51 pounds) when he was born. But within months he started to grow overweight.
"I want to be superman," said the toddler, who stands about 1 metre tall (3 feet), half the height of a full-grown man. At dinner time, he wolfed down several bowls of rice and steamed fish.
When Hao was a baby, his parents Lu Yuncheng and Chen Huan thought it was cute to have a bouncing bundle of joy, but now they have grave fears for their son s health.
"Of course I worry about him. Basically his legs can t support his weight. A nearly four-year-old boy has to support 120 catties (60 kilogrammes). His heart is also under pressure because of the heavy load," said Hao s father, Lu Yuncheng, who works on a fish farm.
Some medical experts think he might have a growth hormone disorder, but others blame the "Little Emperor" syndrome, wherein parents, only allowed one child in China, spoil their kids.The one-child policy has been implemented in the last 30 years, and in some ways, has led parents to focus on rearing their only children.
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