Boy, 11, who weighs 23 stone set ON FIRE in terrifying therapy

Boy, 11, who weighs 23 stone set ON FIRE in terrifying therapy

Mangalore Today News Network

Nov 26, 2016: A young obese boy who weighs 23 stone has been set on fire in a bizarre bid to lose weight.

The towel is set alight on Li’s belly by the Chinese fire therapy specialist doctor

Li weighs 23 stone after being diagnosed with the condition aged 3

Li Hang, 11, is said to be undergoing the traditional Chinese medicine treatment after his weight ballooned while suffering a rare condition from the age of three.

The treatment includes fire cupping, fire therapy - known as ’huo liao’ - and acupuncture.

Photographs of the treatment show the youngster screaming in terror as a doctor lights up towels on top of his bare bulging tummy.

It is being carried out on the boy at Changchun Kangda Hospita, Changchun city, in the northeastern Chinese province of Jilin.

Li Hang is helped by a medical staffer at Changchun Kangda Hospital in Changchun city, Jilin Province of China

 

A Chinese doctor performs the fire cupping therapy on the kid

Li during his treatment in hospital

Specialising in slimming treatments, Changchun Kangda Hospital employs various Chinese medicine practices including Baguan (fire cupping), fire therapy and acupuncture to treat their patients, of which seven out of its 53 overweight patients are children.

Li, of Harbin city, weighed 6.7 stone at age four, the website reported, about 2.5 times the weight of other children that age.

He suffers Prader-Willi Syndrome, a rare disorder involving obsessive eating, learning difficulties and growth abnormalities.

China is set to have the greatest number of overweight children aged 5 to 18 years by 2025.

The number of overweight children will reach 48.5 million, according to a report released by the World Obesity Federation last month.