Now Santiago, who doctors describe as a ‘compulsive eater’, has been rescued by a charity so he can undergo life-saving treatment.
The boy, whose family is from the Colombian city of Valledupar in the northeast of the country, will now be put on a strict diet and encouraged to undertake physical activity.
The Chubby Hearts foundation charity (Gorditos de Corazon) stepped in after being asked for help by Eunice Fandiño, the mother of the child. She told the charity that the boy’s weight gain was because everytime he cried she gave him milk or other food to settle him.
“I am worried because first of all it is difficult to carry him around,” she said. “He looks very cute like this but his health is not good and so I think he should receive help so he is able to get back to his normal weight.”
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