Book Smart: 7-year-old Publishes Book About Obesity

Yesterday we told you about 8-year-old tiny tycoon Harli Jordean, and today we’re shouting out another little one that’s doing her thing.

At just seven-years-old, LaNiyah is a published author. But it’s her latest effort, a book about obesity, that’s closet to her heart.

After rapidly gaining weight when she was just three, her parents consulted her pediatrician and put little LaNiyah on a strict diet. When she continued to gain weight despite being on the diet, LaNiyah’s parents knew something was wrong. Now at seven, LaNiyah weighs in at over 100 pounds, and her unexplained weight gain has caused her to be the victim of taunting and name-calling.

To handle the bullying related to her weight, LaNiyah and her mom wrote a book entitled Not Fat Because I Wanna Be to help other kids deal with being overweight. LaNiyah says she wrote the book because she wants “people to learn that bullying isn’t cool to do to other people,” and she hopes her book will make a difference.

With childhood obesity reaching epic porportions, many kids will be able to relate to LaNiyah’s story.

*hat tip to Black Celeb Kids