About

Lu Hao, or Fat Asian Kid^[1] is an image macro series that focuses on an obese child from southern China. The captions tend to include: Asian stereotypes, such as the inability to differentiate /r/ and /l/; making fun of the child's weight; or other funny poses the child finds himself in.

Origin

News sources in China reported a young Chinese boy from the Shunde district of the City of Foshan, in Guangdong province, who weighs over 118lb (53kg) as a three year old. The child's name is Lu Hao, and states that he has three bowls of rice with each meal. His father also mentions that his son gets tired after walking a few steps^[2]. Later stories state that Hao has been placed on a diet, and wishes to grow up tall like Yao Ming^[3].

The story was later reported by media in the UK, which brought it to the attention of western audiences^[4][5].

Meme

The first dated entry appears on weknowmemes on November 11, 2011^[1]. A common variation of the image macro series is young Lu Hao making a phone call with the template shown below

External references

^[1] weknowmemes Fat Asian Kid Posted on 11-11-2011

^[2] s1979.com 一餐三碗饭 三岁小孩重百斤！ / Posted on 6-23-2010

^[3] chinanews.com 三岁男童体重120斤 将来或能长到姚明那么高 Posted on 7-3-2010

^[4] The Sun (UK) Tragic toddler weighs nine stone Posted on 3-23-2011

^[5] Daily Mail (UK) 'We just don't know why our son is so big' Posted on 3-31-2011

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