18 Apr 07 Jessica Futtert
This one will break your heart, it’s the story of Jessica Futtert of Chicago, IL. Jessica is one of the fattest people I’ve ever seen, and she is only 7 years old. Truly this is shocking and sad, this video clip is not in English but it doesn’t matter, turn the sound down.
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is there any update on this childs’ health, has she lost any weight..? has child protective services stepped in..? The risks to this young girls’ life and well~being are so critical… what is being done to help her..?
“Futtert” is a german word and means eating ^^
Why would this break my heart. It’s her own fault.
At 7 years old you really blame the girl? I blame the parents.
Well i also blame the parents jees they should learn when she says im hungry they dont need to feed her every time and i guess i see her mom is not really on the slim side either… did she lose weight yet? You should make eating sceduales and start running and when she loses 300 pounds she should start playing soccer and stuff
We don’t know if this child has some werid disorder, I saw on Discovery Health a two year old that was 80 pounds and it wasn’t because he ate lot it was because of genetic disorder. We need to find out the truth before we make judgments of people. Until I find footage in a language I can understand to hear the story I am going to give both the parents and this child the benefit of the doubt.
There is a condition called Prader Willi Syndrome that is a genetic disorder that causes excessive appetite and storage of fat in the body. The girl may have this condition, although it only occurs in 1 in 12,000 births.
What does it matter if she has a condition or not? Maybe her “disease” is the love of food. Why is it ok to make fun of her if she doesn’t have a disease but not so if she has one.
….I blame the parents…I guess the child is too young to know, but as she grows she needs to learn better habits.
even if the child has controlled meals, have you seen what the mother is letting her eat??? In every clip she’s eating pizza, burgers, and fries! BAd, bad, bad!
I wonder how shes doing now….
this is completely outrageous; one of the few times a kid would actually be better off in foster care. the mother obviously has issues.
She’s lost a lot of weight already. Here’s a YouTube video showing a news segment from a few months ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drpRYhfRr_o