Jessica Leonard weighed a perfectly normal 7 1/2 pounds at birth. She ate constantly and If her mother refused, she would pitch a fit. Therefore her mother would give in.

At age 8, she weighed nearly 450 pounds and was not able to walk well at all. She rolled around the house and used a wheelchair elsewhere. She had trouble breathing, and was eventually taken to the hospital because of this. CPS stepped in, and took her away, placing her on very strict diet. She has lost 320 pounds and went to public school for the very first time after this. She lost all her weight naturally.