How one teen won the battle against obesity
(Photo/courtesy Piñata Books)
Fresh off a vacation to visit family in El Salvador, Alberto “Bert” Hidalgo-Robert sat in disbelief in a doctor’s office in Palo Alto, California. At just 13-years-old, he had been diagnosed as a pre-diabetic teen with high blood pressure, high triglycerides and high cholesterol. Having tipped the scale at 230 pounds at 5’6”, Alberto swallowed the lump in this throat at the news. Would he end up like his dear grandmother, whose stomach was scarred with purple marks due to daily insulin shots? Would he, “El Gordito”, as the first grandchild, also be the first to die?
Such an example of what can someone do against the obesity!
-
theknitter likes this
-
deathspeaker reblogged this from reagan-was-a-horrible-president and added:
Hey. Sorta shows how different people are. You can’t just say ‘Oh this person is unhealthy because they’re this tall and...
-
enchanted-dystopia likes this
-
remembear likes this
-
simpleandchaotic reblogged this from reagan-was-a-horrible-president and added:
I know how there are a million thinspiration blogs on here and another million about not caring what you weigh and how...
-
divinedebris likes this
-
ekimsal likes this
-
dreams-from-my-father likes this
-
reagan-was-a-horrible-president reblogged this from truth-has-a-liberal-bias
-
reagan-was-a-horrible-president likes this
-
kalooeh reblogged this from truth-has-a-liberal-bias
-
parallaxative reblogged this from truth-has-a-liberal-bias
-
cabradine likes this
-
truth-has-a-liberal-bias reblogged this from nbclatino
-
francisggarcia reblogged this from nbclatino and added:
Such an example of what can someone do against the obesity!
-
truth-has-a-liberal-bias likes this
-
talentandtaste likes this
-
getjoontomy-y likes this
-
11panda reblogged this from trainlikeacareer
-
cali-dream-district reblogged this from nbclatino
-
ohmordecai likes this
-
trainlikeacareer reblogged this from nbclatino
-
nbclatino posted this
