But the 12-year-old boy from West Java — who was last year dubbed the world’s fattest child by the Indonesian World Records Museum — has now been dethroned after he lost a whopping 182 pounds.

Fat Kid Rules the World: SXSW Review Matthew Lillard steps behind the camera to direct the film adaptation of K.L. Going's young-adult novel.

A teen once dubbed 'the fattest kid in the world' has been described as a 'symbol of hope' by his trainer after losing more than 15st (100kg). Arya Permana, 13, from Karawang, West Java, Indonesia ...

Matthew Lillard on Why ‘Fat Kid Rules the World’ Isn’t About Being Fat (Q&A) The actor talks to THR about stepping behind the camera for his feature film directorial debut.

Jacob Wysocki stars in 'Fat Kid Rules the World,' a coming-of-age comedy that marks the directoral debut of actor Matthew Lillard.

In her new book “Fat Talk,” Virginia Sole-Smith exposes society's anti-fat bias and the issues surrounding childhood obesity.

Of 200 countries studied by experts by the World Health Organization, in the period between 1990 and 2022 - the most recent global figures available - only France showed a reduction in waistline.

The world’s fattest countries have been revealed in a new interactive map published by Our World in Data, which uses data compiled from figures from 195 countries around the world and shows the ...

A cat dubbed the world’s fattest feline has died despite a stint at a pet fat camp. Crumbs, an online sensation who weighed 38 pounds, had lost seven pounds at the veterinary weight-loss centre ...

I’m not Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Tim Brady, or Shaq. I’m the skinny fat kid from the Disney Channel trying to become dominant in the toughest sport in the world. That’s what drives me.” ...

Countries with the world's fattest kids are today named and shamed in a startling analysis which comes amid spiralling obesity rates across the planet. Neither Britain or the US feature in the top ...

A teenager who once used to be the “world’s fattest boy” is unrecognisable after undergoing a dramatic transformation.