At just seven years old, Dzhambulat Khatokhov (Jambik for short) is four foot three inches tall and weighs sixteen stone – as much as a baby elephant. He dwarfs his older brother who is twice his age and less than half his weight. But Jambik is a hero in his home town and an object of fascination in the West. In Bodyshock: World's Biggest Boy, British doctor Ian Campbell travels to the far south of Russia to meet Jambik and his family and uncovers a far more disturbing story than he imagined.
Nobody knows why Jambik is so big – or what this means for his long-term health. But Dr Ian Campbell, one of the world's leading experts on obesity, is determined to find out. Travelling over two thousand miles to the Caucasus Mountains in Southern Russia, Campbell meets the ‘biggest boy in the world’ to see what, if anything, can be done for his condition.
Over the following week Dr Campbell observes Jambik to see if there are any clues in his everyday life that might explain his phenomenal weight. It becomes clear that he doesn't fit any obvious genetic conditions and behavioural factors alone can not explain his size.
But in this poor and superstitious corner of the world, Dr Campbell discovers that being big is far from seen as a problem. Jambik embodies the qualities people in the Caucasus greatly respect – strength and size – which has earned him the nickname Sosruko after an ancient hero from local mythology. But he is trapped by the attention that his size attracts. People are constantly feeding him and talking about his size.
During his stay, Dr Campbell struggles to find any natural or medical explanation for Jambik's alarming growth. But a meeting with their local doctor gives him a startling new lead which could reveal a more sinister reason for his size.
Could tests carried out at the local hospital several years ago on Jambik's bone density indicate the use of steroids? With growing concerns about the family's agenda, will a new series of tests in Moscow help uncover the truth behind his life-threatening size?
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