In order to keep her energies level high, she has to eat every 15 minutes but still cannot gain weight.
This American girl weighs just 25.4 kilograms, wears triple-zero sized clothing, and has almost zero percent body fat.
Lizzie Velasquez, a communications student from Texas, has a rare condition and undiagnosed syndrome that prevents her from putting on weight even though she eats up to 60 small meals a day.
Consuming 5,000 to 8,000 calories daily, she has never tipped over 26 kilograms. Miss Velasquez was born four weeks prematurely weighing only 1.2 kilograms.
Doctors found there was minimal amniotic fluid protecting her in the womb. Even genetic experts could not diagnose her illness and her case fascinated doctors all over the world.
Abhimanyu Garg, a professor in Dallas, believes that she may have Neonatal Progeroid Syndrome which causes accelerated aging, fat loss from the face and body.
People with this condition often have triangular and prematurely aged faces with pointy nose.
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