A giant baby has been confirmed as one of the heaviest new-borns in the world, after tipping the scales at a whopping 7.12kg (15lb 11oz).
The youngster, who doctors have nicknamed ‘Xiao Pang’, which means ‘Little Fat’ or ‘Little Chubby’, was delivered by caesarean section at Shanwei People’s Hospital in Shanwei City, Guangdong Province on Friday.
Xiao Pang dwarfs an average-sized baby when they are placed side by side – in the UK the average birth weight for a boy is 3.4kg (7lb 8oz).
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the biggest baby ever was a boy weighing 10.8kg (23lb 12oz) who was born to giantess Anna Bates in Canada in 1879, but he died 11 hours later.
The heaviest healthy new-born was born in Italy in 1955 and is recorded as weighing 10.2kg (22lb 8oz).
Other heavy births mentioned in the Guinness Book of World Records range from 16lb 11oz to 24lb 4oz, although the latter was reported by a news agency in 1978 but was never proven.