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Boy, 10, who weighed 30 stone due to fizzy drinks addiction undergoes dramatic surgery to fit clothes again

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A 10-year-old lad who weighed a whopping 30 stone due to an addiction to fizzy drinks and noodles has been forced to undergo surgery.

Once Arya Permana was so large he could not find clothes that could fit him – and was forced to simply wrap a sarong round his body.

Dieticians put Arya on a strict diet consisting of fruit and vegetables but he only managed to lose one-and-a-half stone in four months.

His desperate parents Rokayah, 36, and husband Ade Somantri, 45, begged doctors to save their morbidly obese boy.

Arya Permana was so large that clothes would not fit him (Photo: Caters)

At his worst Arya Permana was eating five meals a day (Photo: Caters)

Doctors carried out bariatric surgery on their son to save his life last month.

Arya had sleeve gastrectomy, which includes reducing the size of the stomach. This means, his stomach will limit the portion of the meal and give him the sense that he is full. Arya will also experience a decrease in hunger due to decreased hormone ghrelin, and the remaining stomach remained can be used to maintain digestive function.

Since the two-hour operation on April 17, Arya, from West Java, Indonesia, has shed just over two and a half stone.

His mother Rokayah is delighted but said making up their mind for an operation was not easy.

She said: “We were worried about his weight. He was put on a healthy diet and living a healthy lifestyle.

Arya Permana would have to wear a sarong because he was so large (Photo: Caters)

“No more colas, noddles or rice but his weight was not dropping. We had to think of the surgery.

“He has now lost 20 kilos. We are happy and relieved but he is still overweight for his age. We are hoping that one day he will lose all the extra weight and be as healthy as other children at his class.”

His parents hope with the help of doctors their son will weigh under 15 stone in a year’s time.

His desperate parents begged doctors to operate on their son, 10 (Photo: Caters)

At his worst, Arya would eat five meals a day that consisted of rice, fish, beef, vegetable soup and Tempeh – a soy patty large enough to feed two adults – cola and five packets of instant noodles.

Now following the surgery Arya throws up if he overeats.

Dr Handy Wing, a surgeon from the Omni Hospital, where the operation was carried out, said: “Arya’s weight could cause heart disease, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, breathing disorders while sleeping, and cancer.

“If he was not immediately given the right medical treatment, Arya could have been exposed to the above complications, worse, even death.”

Doctors are now monitoring the result. Every week Arya will lose weight and doctors hope that after one year can be under 100 kilos.

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