Genetic abnormality kills girl

A THREE-YEAR-OLD girl widely reported to have died of obesity was actually the victim of a genetic abnormality.

Genetic abnormality kills girl

The problem meant that the girl’s body was constantly telling her that she was starving to death, causing her to scream for food all the time.

Her case was highlighted in a Commons Health Committee report on Britain’s obesity epidemic, which warned that obese children could become the first generation to die before their parents.

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