Katie Price candidly opened up about eldest son Harvey’s weight-loss attempt as she admits doctors want to try a jab to help him shed some of his 28 stone
Katie Price has opened up on her fears for son Harvey Price and his weight.
The former glamour model was emotional as she revealed she is going to put her son, who weighs 28 stone and has a rare genetic condition which means he is always hungry, on weight-loss injections.
Katie, 46, fears her eldest son, 22, may die if he doesn’t receive any help with his spiralling weight. She told how top doctors have suggested using the jabs on Harvey with the hope being they can help save and improve his life.
She confessed the situation with Harvey is “really serious” and explained how he is at risk of a heart attack. Mum-of-five Katie candidly shared that due to his condition, Harvey isn’t getting smaller at present.
Speaking to the Sun, Katie said: “He’s putting on weight. It doesn’t matter what we do. He can’t put his shoes on without sweating. He can’t walk far because he gets out of breath.”
She said it’s all due to his weight and claimed doctors advised the jabs to give him a better and longer life as well as improving his health. Harvey has a number of debilitating conditions including autism, septo-optic dysplasia, ADHD and oppositional defiant disorder.
Katie said she believes the injection option is a good thing as, because it’s done weekly, they can stop if there is any effect on Harvey. “We’ve tried food, he’s had dieticians, it’s just the way he is,” she added before saying it won’t affect any of his other medications.
The reality TV star claims doctors would like Harvey to try the jab for “one or two years” while they assess him.
GP Dr Zoe Williams told The Sun: “A recognised symptom of Prader-Willi syndrome is an everyday constant insatiable hunger and desire to eat which is more pronounced than most of us will ever experience. Managing weight is practically impossible so it makes sense that medical teams would consider weight-loss injections as a therapy for these patients.”
She added in some cases, when the jabs are used alongside other aspects of clinical care, they can be potentially life saving.
Last month, Katie had to deny she was having the jab when followers noted her own weight loss. She addressed the concerns on Rob Moore’s podcast, Disruptors, and said that coming off of IVF was actually the reason behind her slimmed-down figure: “So people have said I’ve lost loads of weight. Now there’s a programme coming out in January, my IVF journey. Anyone you know who’s had IVF, you put on weight. I had three IVFs the past 15 months. They all failed.”
Katie also said that being injured impacted her weight: “It started from when I broke my feet. They said I’d never run again. So I couldn’t run, wasn’t exercising, couldn’t ride my horses, so basically, I was in a wheelchair for 10 months.”
She was then asked about weight loss jabs, saying she had no experience with it. However, she admitted her son Harvey was about to start taking it. She said when questioned at the time: “No, but Harvey’s going on that. So I’ve had to sit there with the doctors. I think when it comes to things like that, I think because of Harvey and all the medication and that he has, I think people have to be really careful with things like that.
“I don’t need it. I never have done. I’ve always been skinny. Look at old pictures of me. Always been tiny.”
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