Arya, from West Java Province in Indonesia, has dropped out of school as he can no longer walk and his mother Rokayah said he is `perpetually hungry`.
`He has an enormous diet and can actually eat meals of two adults at one time,` she said.
`He is always tired and complains of shortness of breath. He only eats and sleeps and when he is not done with both, he jumps into the bathtub and stays there for hours.`
Arya`s parents have decided to limit the amount the ten-year-old eats per day and he is now on a diet of just brown rice.
`My son is growing up at a rapid rate and I am worried for his health. I do not know any other way to stop him from gaining more weight than to give him less food,` Rokayah said.
`He can only take small steps before he loses balance. I wish to see my son studying and playing with other kids in the neighbourhood.`
Arya, the second son of Rokayah, 35, and her husband Ade Somantri, 45, a farmer, was born at home via natural birth and weighed a normal 3.2kilograms.
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