With the help of a personal trainer, David was able to lose on average about 15 pounds a month. The documentary will also show how David Smith underwent surgery several times to remove the excess skin that was left from his massive weight loss. So far, he has had 3 operations to remove extra skin and doctors believe he will need 1 or 2 more to get things to a normal state.
David Smith appeared on the Today Show on Friday (July 10) to promote the show. Check out the embedded video segment below.
Back in October of last year, I posted a video of a kid named Sammy who sang a song called The Cuppy Cake Song. I didn’t really know much about the video then and I didn’t know much about the kid beyond his name so I just sort of left it at that.
The other day however, Lost At E Minor posted a follow-up video featuring Sam and included some background info on him. It turns out that his full name was Sam Castle and that his fat cheeks were part of a rare health condition that affects his growth and weight. The video of him lip-syncing to The Cuppy Cake song has actually helped him get some treatment for his condition and in November 2008, he appeared alongside the original singer of The Cuppy Cake song and did a video a together with her.
Here’s the full story below:
On November 13th, 2008, I had the pleasure of meeting Sam, the adorable boy who did a lip-syncing rendition of my Cuppycake song.
The show, “The Doctors” saw the video of him on YouTube, and wanted to have him on their show. They tracked Sam down, and found out that he lives in Alaska with his parents and siblings.
He has a rare kidney condition, and takes steroids to keep him alive. The steroids have stunted his growth, resulting in his chubbier appearance.
Sam and his mother Angie flew all the way from Alaska to be on “The Doctors.” They’re going to put him in touch with the best doctors to try to find an alternative medicine to help him get better.
Sam is an extremely intelligent young man. We spent our time talking about video games, and youtube. He’s seen some of the not so nice comments on his video, and they’re tough for him to read. He hopes that people won’t judge him before knowing his story.
This is just a quick update on Jessica, the 200-pound 4-year-old that I mentioned earlier today.
Inside Edition caught up with Jessica and her mom to see what has been done about the child’s obesity problem, and it turns out that the news is good! Since the Maury show, Jessica has lost somewhere around 320 pounds and now looks about the same weight as most of her peers (she kept gaining weight until Child Protective Services took her away).
Anyway, for now, it looks like Jessica has lost the title of “heaviest girl in the world”. Thanks for the update, Flo!
The #1 most outrageous guest on The Maury show is Jessica, a 4-year-old girl who is 200 pounds! She clearly has a weight problem and from the video, it’s hard to tell if it’s because of what she eats or if it’s because of some genetic disorder. Either way, Maury seems to have a good laugh at the somewhat adorable girl, but I think it’s really quite sad.
Jessica has made several appearances on The Maury Show and has never gone down in weight at all for each appearance. I don’t know where she is now, but I wouldn’t be surprised if she made another visit to Maury in the near future.
