Indonesian toddler Aldi Rizal amazed people around the world a few years back with his chain-smoking habit. Well, this little one has quit the habit of smoking 40 cigarettes a day but has now got addicted to junk food.
Five-year-old Aldi from a Sumatran village created uproar in Indonesia when he was found smoking while riding on his bicycle. At the time Aldi was just a two-year-old. The news prompted the government to take notice of nicotine addiction among children, reported Daily Mail. He started smoking when he was just 18 months old. He was then given therapy sessions in the national capital Jakarta for two weeks. Fortunately, these sessions have resulted Aldi in quitting smoking now, but he is critically unhealthy, according to a documentary series on him.
"There are many people still offering Aldi cigarettes, but Aldi no. He says 'I love Kak Seto. He would be sad if I started smoking again and made myself ill,'" Aldi's 28-year-old mother Diane Rizal said, according to the Mail.
The kid is now hooked on to a diet of junk food and condensed milk. The New York Post reported that Aldi weighed nearly 56 pounds. The doctors advised his parents to watch Aldi's weight. "Aldi is very overweight, his weight doesn't match his age,' nutritionist Fransisca Dewi told the Mail. "His ideal weight is 17kg to 19kg. He's 24kg already. I think it is difficult for them. The mother says Aldi is a spoilt kid."
Diane, his mother, states that her son "eats a lot" and it is difficult to stop him from eating the junk as they have a large family. Although they are trying to get him to eat fruits and vegetables instead of all the junk food.
