Katie Price gives update on son Harvey's course of Ozempic-style weight-loss jabs after revealing he now weighs almost 30st
Katie Price has given an update on her son Harvey's weight loss treatment, as she revealed he was due to start a course of Ozempic -style jabs next week.
The former glamour model, 47, previously revealed the 23-year-old son was going on the weight-loss injections in a bid to help improve his life, after his weight reached almost 30 stone.
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.
Speaking on her podcast, The Katie Price Show, with her sister Sophie, the mother-of-five gave fans an update on her eldest child.
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She explained that she set to perform at Portsmouth Pride this week and that Harvey was joining her on the trip.
While Katie then added: 'Hopefully Harvey starts his Mounjaro this week, but we'll talk about that next week and I'll go through all of what's happening about that.'
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.
In April, Katie said she was 'heartbroken' by Harvey's weight increase, as she explained how it had left him struggling to walk and at risk of a heart attack.
She took to her Snapchat to explain how she wanted him to start Mounjaro as soon as possible, to improve his quality of life.
She said: '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 bad now, I'm still waiting for the doctors to get back to me starting on the Mounjaro and his journey to a healthy life.'
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.'
Katie first revealed her intention to for Harvey to start using weight loss jabs in February, after consulting with his doctors.
Speaking to The Sun to raise awareness, she explained that his medical professionals advised he may be taking the jabs for up to two years.
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 TV personality 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.'
It comes only a week after Katie shared a loving tribute to Harvey to mark his 23rd birthday, with series of throwback snaps of them together.
Among them was a smiling selfie of her and Harvey together on the beach and another picture of her son planting a kiss on her cheek.
In a caption, she gushed over her 'forever love' for her son and shared her excitement over spending Harvey's birthday with him.
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.'
WHAT IS PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME?
Prader-Willi syndrome is a rare genetic condition that causes problems including constant urges to eat food, restricted growth and reduced muscle tone.
Other potential issues include learning difficulties, lack of sexual development and behavioral problems such as tantrums or stubbornness.
The rare condition, which affects one in every 15,000 children born in England, is caused by a defect on chromosome number 15 - and happens by chance.
Because there is no cure, treatment aims to manage the symptoms – with parents of sufferers urged to get their children to stick to a healthy, balanced diet.
Children with the syndrome can eat up to six times more than children of the same age – and still feel hungry.
It was first described in 1956 by Swiss doctors A Prader, A Labhart and H Willi.
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