She was never threatened with obesity

In the US city of Austin, Texas, living a unique girl. She eats every 15 minutes and with the growth of 157 cm weighs no more than 26 kg.

Lizzie Velasquez recently turned 21, she is studying at the university. She indulges in any buns, no hamburgers, no cakes or ice cream. It takes the food in small portions of about 60 times per day. Moreover, Lizzie consumes very special nutritious food: based on its calorie daily diet ranges from 5000 to 8000 calories, while a normal girl her age is more than enough 2500 calories a day. If it has less than once every 15 minutes, the power will quickly leave it.

"If I am gathering more than 5 feet, I'll be immensely glad," - says Lizzy.

Lizzie does not suffer from anorexia. She has a rare genetic disease. It has a unique physiological status of the organism, which does not allow her to gain weight and lay on her body fat.




She was born a month after the target date. However, she weighed only 1 kg. The doctors wondered how she managed to survive at all.

Doctors have long could not put her diagnosis. In the end, experts from the University Medical Center of Texas (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center) found that Lizzie is a rare form of at least a rare disease called neonatal progeroidny syndrome. This disease causes premature aging, fat loss in the face and body, and tissue degeneration. However, she is very intelligent and well-developed student at the University.

"Lizzie is really a rare disease, but fortunately, it has a completely healthy teeth, bones and internal organs, so that we look at its future with optimism," - says Professor Abhimanyu Garg (Abhimanyu Garg), who watches it for more than a year.



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