Katie Price admitted she was ‘heartbroken’ because her son Harvey’s weight has gone up to nearly 30 stone, leaving him struggling to walk and at risk of losing his life.
The former glamour model, 46, took to her Snapchat on Sunday to explain how the 22-year-old’s size was affecting his quality of life and putting him at risk of a heart attack.
Harvey is blind, autistic, has septo-optic dysplasia, and is one of the 2,000 people in the UK with Prader-Willi syndrome, a genetic disorder.
A recognised symptom of his Prader-Willi syndrome is constant hunger, leaving Katie fearful for Harvey’s health without further intervention, after already trying a number of different weight loss strategies over the years.
In a new video, the mother-of-five gave fans a health update on her eldest child, admitting: ‘I’m so heartbroken and gutted that his weight is just going up.
‘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.’
Katie Price admitted she was ‘heartbroken’ as she revealed her son Harvey’s weight has gone up to nearly 30 stone, leaving him struggling to walk and at risk of losing his life
The former glamour model, 46, took to her Snapchat on Sunday to explain how 22-year-old’s size was affecting his quality of life and putting him at risk of a heart attack (pictured in 2022)
Mounjaro is the brand name for the drug tirzepatide, and has been hailed as the ‘King Kong’ of slimming jabs – more effective for shifting the pounds than similar drugs like Ozempic.
She went on to say how difficult it was watching Harvey’s ongoing fight, but vowed she would get him through it.
Katie said: ‘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, Katie revealed that Harvey was to start using weight loss jabs in a bid to help improve his life.
The TV star explained that her eldest was beginning a course of an Ozempic-style jab after consulting with his doctors.
Speaking to The Sun to raise awareness, she explained that Harvey’s doctors have advised he may be taking the jabs for up to two years.
A recognised symptom of his Prader-Willi syndrome is a constant hunger, leaving Katie fearful for Harvey’s health without further intervention, after already trying a number of different weight loss strategies over the years
In February, Katie revealed that Harvey was to start using weight loss jabs in a bid to help improve his life (pictured in 2022)
Harvey’s biological father is former footballer Dwight York, who briefly dated Katie in 2001, breaking up soon after Katie fell pregnant with her eldest child (pictured in 2001)
She said: ‘It’s really, really serious and life-changing for Harvey. He’s at risk of a heart attack, and because of his condition, he’s not getting any smaller.
‘He’s putting on weight. It doesn’t matter what we do. So the doctors are doing it to give him a better, longer life, and for his health.’
The mum-of-five added: ‘The good thing about starting him on the drug is, if it has any effect, you can stop it because you do it weekly. We’ve tried food, he’s had dieticians, it’s just the way he is.
‘They want to try him on it for at least one or two years, which is a long time, but they’ll control what level he needs then up it as they assess it.’
Harvey’s biological father is former footballer Dwight York, who briefly dated Katie in 2001, breaking up soon after Katie fell pregnant with her eldest child.
The ex premier league star denied he was the father, until a DNA test proved his paternity.
Katie previously claimed that Dwight has barely seen Harvey since he was born, saying: ‘I think he’s seen Harvey about nine times in his life.’
She claimed: ‘I don’t think he liked it that I was with Pete [Andre] before adding: ‘I don’t know whether it’s because he couldn’t have me or Harv, to this day I don’t know.
‘I’ve tried to send him pictures of Harvey on Instagram, Harvey playing the piano, he just ignores everything. He doesn’t want to know. But the door is always open, always.’
