This babe is sumo's upcoming contender

[Taro Toporific]

Toddler Weighs 55 Pounds At 15 Months
Boy Growing Nearly 5 Pounds Per Month
Local6.com / 12:48 pm EDT June 1, 2004
A 15-month-old child in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia weighs 55 pounds and is gaining nearly 5 pounds a month, according to a Local 6 News report.

[samuraiwig]

There'll be some home grown talent to challenge him. Japanese kids are becoming real dough balls.

I teach at shougakkou. To give just 2 examples from the many that abound we have a first grader (6 years old) who weighs in at 54kg and a 4th grader (10 years old) who's pushing 80kg. I blame the daily donut breakfasts...

There's still this weird idea here, maybe a hangover from post-war years, that if you're fat then it's a sign of prosperity.

And then there's the HS girls. Whenever friends and family visit there are always comments on how surprisingly 'chunky' they are. And, no, those comments are not exclusively made by men

[Caustic Saint]

Crazy idea - stop feeding it so damned much!

Do they think this is healthy? It's not like the kid is growing taller or adding muscle. It's all fat. I'm actually surprised this kid isn't in the US, where parenting has become a lost art and mom and dad will give the kid anything to shut it up.

[DJEB]

Hooray for diabetes!