Single mother asks for help with her obese sons in northeast China

Ma Xiaoqiu, a single mother in northeast China’s Shenyang city is asking for help from the public with her twin sons, both of whom are seriously obese, and both of whom have autism.

While the elder son Zhang Hangjun weighed 550 pounds with a 300cm waist, his younger brother Zhang Yuanjun weighed 275 pounds. Both aged 22, yet due to their suffering of cerebral palsy and autism, they both had severe learning disability. And the elder brother’s IQ was equivalent to a 1-year-old child. He has just learned to say the word “mom” in recent years. Their mother, Ma, said the premature birth and obstructed labour in 1994 was the cause of their illnesses.

Yuanjun, the younger son, had the same issues as his brother but milder. While his brother was completely unable to take care of himself on the daily basis, Yuanjun was able to accomplish some preliminary chores. He was good at playing piano and singing, and he even held his personal concert with the help of the president of Beijing Wanbo Brain Health Hospital.

Ma said most of her income was spent on food. The two boys ate a lot more than ordinary people. Now, the single mother is asking the society for help with her beloved sons.