I was reading some of the back story and the mother allowed a film crew to come in so he was on TV feeding him really bad stuff is where/when the health people decided to get involved. Apparently when he was 2 he was too heavy for her to lift anymore. He was 218 pounds, just a tad too heavy for 8, even if he is 5 feet tall? His mother had a really winning/healthy comment, "He was just born hungry." I don't quite get how mothers feed their kids whatever the kids want, especially at 8. Apparently he has french fries with everything.