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See The 10-year-old Obese Boy Who Is Addicted To Eating Toilet Paper by NaijaDays(op): 1:38pm On Jul 30, 2017
Caden Benjamin is addicted to eating toilet paper
A 10-year-old boy who is constantly hungry due to a rare condition eats rolls of toilet paper if he is unable to get any other food, Dailymail has reported.
The boy identified as Caden Benjamin, from Standerton in South Africa, weighs 14 stone 2lbs (90 kilogrammes) because of his constant overeating.
Now, he has been diagnosed with genetic disorder called Prader-Willi syndrome, which is characterised by an obsessive compulsion to eat. His mother Zola Benjamin says it means Caden will eat anything he can get his hands on.



‘At one point, Caden was eating toilet paper. He’d eat rolls of it,’ she said.
‘Actually, he’d eat any paper he would find in the house. If there’s nothing for him to eat, he’ll scrape together the dirt he finds on the floor and eat that.’
Several years ago, he was forced to undergo a tracheotomy and he now breathes through a tube inserted into his windpipe.
Prader-Willi syndrome is a rare, incurable disorder that affects thousands of people worldwide, resulting in physical, mental and behavioural problems.
The condition is made worse by the fact that people need less food than their peers because their bodies have less muscle and tend to burn fewer calories.
Ms Benjamin added: ‘At three years old he was 40 kg (6 stone 4 lbs) and at that time, we didn’t know what was wrong with him.
‘We went to a number of doctors and no one could tell us what was wrong and why he was gaining so much weight.’

Eventually, a doctor at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria ran further tests and diagnosed Caden’s illness.
Now, Caden struggles to move around and even breathe because he is so overweight.
He also suffers bouts of depression because he is unable to live like a normal child.

Go to source for more photos of the boy: http://www.naijadays.com/2017/07/see-10-year-old-obese-boy-who-is.html

Re: See The 10-year-old Obese Boy Who Is Addicted To Eating Toilet Paper by ReneeNuttall(f): 1:39pm On Jul 30, 2017
Lord have mercy shocked
Re: See The 10-year-old Obese Boy Who Is Addicted To Eating Toilet Paper by StarBukola(f): 1:41pm On Jul 30, 2017
Hmmmmmmm,
Re: See The 10-year-old Obese Boy Who Is Addicted To Eating Toilet Paper by taylor88(m): 1:41pm On Jul 30, 2017
Seyi Law






be vigilant
Re: See The 10-year-old Obese Boy Who Is Addicted To Eating Toilet Paper by NaijaDays(op): 1:46pm On Jul 30, 2017
taylor88:
Seyi Law






be vigilant
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Re: See The 10-year-old Obese Boy Who Is Addicted To Eating Toilet Paper by squash47(m): 1:47pm On Jul 30, 2017
Na all those yoruba children for orile dy fat like this....
back then, when pikin be like this we dy call am Ajebutter,but this days,na Ajebesity LOL...
team TIWA SEYI LAW AND senator ADELEKE... anty Kemi,food don set
Re: See The 10-year-old Obese Boy Who Is Addicted To Eating Toilet Paper by iamtardey: 1:50pm On Jul 30, 2017
mo fo pa be! shocked
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