Katie Price has opened up about the devastating reason her son Harvey is at “high risk” of having a heart attack.
The 22-year-old is blind, autistic, has septo-optic dysplasia, which is a disorder of early brain development, and the genetic disorder, Prader-Willi syndrome.
Price revealed Harvey’s weight has gone up to 30 stone as weight gain and constant hunger is one of the symptoms of the rare condition.
The former glamour model revealed she is fearful for her eldest child’s health as they have already tried several weight loss strategies over the years.
“I'm so heartbroken and gutted that his weight is just going up,” the mother-of-five said in a video on Snapchat.
“I just googled it in stones, 188kg is just a few kg of being 30 stone. It's so now, I'm still waiting for the doctors to get back to me starting on the Mounjaro and his journey to a healthy life.”
Mountjaro is the brand name for tirzepatide, which is an Ozempic-style weight loss drug.
Price went on: “It's so sad his quality of life at the moment. Where he's so big, he just can't really do much.
“It’s just another thing I have to deal with because he's at high risk of having a heart attack, he struggles to put his trainers or struggles to walk anywhere but I love him and I'm going to help him through this.
“So sad. Obesity and his condition is sad. It's sad to see someone go through it and he doesn't understand.”
In February, Price revealed Harvey was going to start a course of weight loss jabs to improve his quality of life after consulting with his doctors.
She told The Sun: “We've tried food, he's had dietitians, it's just the way he is. The good thing about starting him on the drug is, if it has any effect, you can stop it because you do it weekly.”
His doctors have advised that he may be taking the injections for up to two years.
Price shares Harvey with former footballer Dwight York, who she briefly dated in 2001.
The TV personality also shares Junior, 19, and Princess 17, with ex-husband Peter Andre, and Jett, 11, and Bunny, 10, with ex-husband Kieran Hayler.
